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Rainbow Memories 

CHARACTER SKETCHES AND HISTORY 

of the 

FIRST BATTALION 
166TH INFANTRY 

AI^^ DIVISION 

American 

Expeditionary 

Force 



by 

First Lieutenant Alison Reppy 

1 N T i: L L I G E N C E O F F I C K 1< 
FIRST BATTALION 



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Copyright by Kxvcutivo Committee, 
First Battalion. Idbth Infantry 



1919 



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Dedicated to the Brave Dead 

of the First Battalion 

166th Infantry 



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The War's Recompense 

) t^ tluit luivc fdith to look ic/f/i fearless eyes 

Beyond the trd^redy of a world at strife. 
And know that out of death and ni<j;ht shall >ise 

T lie dawn of am pier life, 
Re/otce, whatever am^uish rend the henrt, 

'V hat God has i^iveii you a priceless dower. 
To live III these ij^reat tunes and have your part 

In t reedoin' s rrfjwnin^ hour. 
Thai ye may tell your sons who see the Ttslit 

Hiif/i in the Heavens — t/ieir /ierita<{e to take — 
"/ saw the powers of Darkness put to flif^iht, 

I saw the Morniiiir break." 

— {Found on a iliad .lustraHan) 



Foreword 

To THE First Battalion — Its Officers and Men 
OF all Ranks. 

As some one, whom I now do not recall, has said, 
"I have but one sentiment for soldiers; cheers for the 
living, and reverence for the dead." 

And so this little volume referring to our active 
service in the World War, is fittingly and reverently 
dedicated to our comrades who found in the midst of 
conflict the serenity of death. 

May it, too, be the medium of keeping alive the 
fraternal associations and friendships among the liv- 
ing, who braved with equal courage and fortitude 
the ever-present imperilments of the war. 

As a Battalion you have had no superiors — and 
few equals. You ha\e been a magnificent fighting 
unit. I tender my appreciation of your valor as well 
as my sincere assurances of continued confidence, 
affection and esteem. 

To the chief author of this brief history. First 
Lieutenant Alison Reppy — to its character artist, 
Private Heathcote Mann, Company A — to its map 
artist. Private Rudolph Cullen, Company C — I 
present my compliments and unreservedly pass m\' 
judgment that their work has been well done and 
reflects credit upon their efforts and ability. 

Benson W. Hough. 
Colonel, i66th Infantrv. 



SECTION I 

I. Character Sketch of Colonel Benson W. Hough. 

II. History of First Battalion. 

III. Honor Roll. 

IV. Station List of Battalion Since Arrival in A.E.F. 



COLONEL BENSON W. HOUGH 

Cotnniaticlin}! Officer, 166th Infantry 
Delaware, Ohio 




IN the dim twilitrht of long ago. 
Roland, Charlemagne's b oldest 
knight, rode into the Valley of the 
Rhine, stopped at the Drachenburg 
Castle and there met and won the 
beautiful llildegunde. But before the 
union could be consecrated he was 
called away on a crusade. After a 
long absence he returned to find that 
Hildegunde, in despair, had entered 
the convent on the island of Nonnen- 
werth. Broken with grief, Roland 
laid down his arms forever, and from 
the Rolandseck, day by day, looked down upon the 
island where llildegunde, the nun, wandered among 
the flowers, llildegunde died and was carried to 
her grave, but Roland kept his watch, faithful unto 
death. So runs the legend of the ancient knight. 

Now rides another knight into the Valley of the 
Rhine to make his home in beautiful Rolandseck. 
This knight is a modern warrior, but as great in 
stature, as strong in arm, and as bold in spirit as 
was the adventurous Roland of old. He comes not 
alone, but at the head of three thousand of the brav- 
est warriors who ever laid down the plowshare of 
peace to take up the sword of war ; warriors 
against whose lines for one hundred and ten days 
in Lorraine the enemy dashed his men in vain ; 
warriors who at one perilous moment in Cham- 
pagne held the thin line of resistance which stood 
as the sole barrier between barbarism and civiliza- 
tion, between Cerman Autocracy and American 
Democracy ; warriors who had sent the proud Prus- 
sian Guards staggering back in defeat across the 
storm-swept valleys and ridges of the River Ourcq ; 
warriors who "delivered the main blow" in the first 
independent American action at Saint Mihiel; war- 
riors who at St. Georges in the Argonne held the 
most strategic point on the Western Front ; war- 
riors whose last official act had been to press the 
bitter cup of defeat to the reluctant lips of the Hun 
on the historic heights of Sedan, — the self -same 
spot where forty years before Von Moltke had re- 
ceived the sword of Napoleon Third. But despite 
all this proud record of achievement he comes not 
in pomp and glory as comes the conqueror (tho, 
indeed, he is a conqueror), but in simplicity, with- 
out splendor or display, as becomes a defender of 
Democracy, of which he is a true and typical repre- 
sentative. He, too, like Roland, comes to establish 
a watch, — not the watch of an adventurous and 
sorrowing lover, — but the new American Watch of 
Democracy on the Rhine. This Modern Knight is 
none other than the Commanding Officer of the 
166th Infantry, Colonel Benson W. Hough, of Dela- 
ware, Ohio. 

The story of Colonel Hough's career is logically 
separated into two divisions; his civil life and his 
military life. He was born March ^rd, 1875. in 
Delaware County, Ohio. He attended the District 
School until he was eight years of age, at which 
time he moved with his family to Delaware. There 



he attended the Public and High Schools, Vjcing 
graduated from the latter in 1892. He then studied 
in the Ohio State University at Columbus. While 
in that institution he was well known among the 
students as an all-around athletic star. "Big Ben" 
Hough played three years football, four years base- 
hall, and four years tennis. In football he per- 
formed at tackle and full back ; in baseliall he scam- 
pered about first and second base, while in both 
sports he was ever a source of terror to his enemies 
and a source of .strength to his own team. At Ohio 
State, Colonel Hough ]uu'sued a combination course 
which gave him in 1899 a Law Degree and a 
Bachelor of Arts Degree. He was admitted to the 
bar in the same year of his graduation and imme- 
diately began practice in Delaware. There he 
formed a partnership with W. Berne Jones, the 
firm name being Hough and Jones. Fortune smiled 
on him and soon he was the possessor of a large 
and lucrati\e practice. During these years Colonel 
Hough held no public office except that of City 
Solicitor. He was more or less of an outside spec- 
tator of politics, tho at all times interested in its 
methods and results. 

But here we must pause to consider Colonel 
Hough's military record, which is not altogether 
disconnected with his interest in politics. As early 
as 1892 he enlisted as a private in Company K of 
Delaware. In this same year he went into the first 
signal unit ever organized in Ohio. This unit was 
commanded by Ralph Van Deman, then a Second 
Lieutenant and now a Colonel in the Regular Army. 
He remained a private in Company K from 1892 
to 1897, and during this period saw service and 
gained experience in riot duty. From 1897 to 1902 
he was out of the Army, but in the latter year he 
was commissioned a First Lieutenant and assigned 
to Company K. In June, 1902, he received a Cap- 
tain's commission, and from then on advanced 
rapidly in rank. June, 1905, saw him a Major and 
July, 1906, saw him a Lieutenant-Colonel. During 
this period he saw more riot duty from time to time. 
On the 11th of January, 1915, Colonel Hough re- 
signed his commission as Lieutenant-Colonel to be- 
come the Adjutant General of Ohio, which office 
carries with it the rank of Brigadier General. He 
held this position but a year and one-half, when he 
resigned his commission as a Brigadier-General 
July, 1916, re-enlisted as a private in Company K, 
and was tlien recommissioned a Lieutenant-Colonel 
in the Old 4th Ohio. He served with that regiment 
on the Mexican Border, and was mustered out of 
the Federal Service at Fort Wayne, March 3rd, 
1917. On April 9th, 1917, he was commissioned a 
Colonel and on July 15th was again called into 
Federal Service as the Commanding Officer of the 
4th Ohio Infantry Regiment. On August 5th the 
whole National Guard was drafted into the Federal 
Service and the 4th Ohio became the 166th U.S.A. 
Infantry with Colonel Benson W. Hough as its 
leader. 

Colonel Hough organized the regiment at Camp 



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Perry on August 13th. and September 9th, 1917, 
found the unit at Camp Mills, where it became a 
portion of the famous 42nd (Rainbow) Division. 
On October 18th, Colonel Hough and his regiment 
sailed for France, arriving at St. Nazaire October 
31st. 1917. The regiment pi'oceeded to the 4th 
Army Area, where it remained but a short time, 
moving by march to the 7th Army Area. In this 
area, under the careful direction and excellent lead- 
ership of Colonel Hough the I'egiment was whipped 
into shape to enter the trenches. The unit took 
over a sector in Lorraine on February 22nd, 1918, 
and served continuously on that front for a period 
of one hundred and ten days. So well did Colonel 
Hough meet the problems that faced him in this 
new warfare, that the French conferred on him the 
Croix de Guerre. Cool judgment and skillful lead- 
ership marked his work in those first trying days 
and it has marked his work in all subsequent strug- 
gles. Colonel Hough has served in Lorraine, in 
Champagne, at Chateau Thierry, at Saint Mihiel. 
in the Argonne. and before Sedan, never once being 
absent from his command, surely a remarkable 
record. 

But it is not with Colonel Hough, the Civilian, or 
the Soldier that we are mostly interested, — it is 
with Colonel Hough, the Man, revealed, it is true, 
chiefly thru our military relations with him. One 
of his strongest qualities of character is a natural- 
born aptitude for leadership, — not the kind of lead- 
ership that drives men or controls them b.v reason 
of some ve.sted power, — but the type of leadership 
that comes out of ability to inspire. Colonel Hough 
pos.sesses this ability to inspire men to a remark- 
able degree. A big man physically and intellec- 
tually, who hates formality and shuns publicity ; a 
man who is reserved, yet friendly ; a man who is 
ordinarily quiet and has but little to .say, but who. 
when occasion demands, becomes a veritable vol- 
cano of action, sweeping aside all immaterial con- 
siderations and speaking directly and briefly on the 
real point at issue. It is this combination of quali- 
ties which binds men to him. When a group of 
newly commissioned Reserve Officers reported to 
him for duty at Morlaincourt. he received them us 
his equals, as fellosv-worktrs, as men who had the 
same end in life as he — he quickly indicated his 
desire for co-operation, questioning them about 
their qualifications, assigned them to companies, 
and bade them welcome to the regiment, — all with- 
out display or affectation, and when they left his 
presence every man was a sworn friend and staunch 
supporter of Colonel Hough. This kindly reception 
made a deep impression on the young officers and 
today, if you ask those of them who remain they 
will tell you that their deep confidence in Colonel 
Hough had its beginning in that simple meeting. 
By such an attitude Colonel Hough gained the con- 
fidence, respect, — yes, love of his officers. 

Colonel liough's leadership is largel.v the product 
of cool deliberation and excellent judgment. No 
matter how critical the situation may be, he keeps 



his wits and will not allow himself to be hurried 
into hasty decisions. He must first see all the facts 
and then have time for deliberation before forming 
any judgment. In Champagne, where he waited 
day by day for the last German onslaught, he 
worked with the tireless energy of a machine get- 
ting ammunition, seeing that the men received food 
and water, and by his matchless example of cool- 
ness and courage, supplying every officer and sol- 
dier with a determination to do or die. At Chateau 
Thierr.v, calling for artillery preparations, organ- 
izing counter-attacks, and planning a system of 
supply, all in the same moment, while shot and 
shell were falling fast and near, he always pre- 
sented the same cool, calm, deliberate, imperturb- 
able figure. Nowhere has his judgment been better 
exemplified than in the confidence which he placed 
in his officers. If he had a job to be done, he first 
selected the man best fitted to do it. He then called 
him in, told him what he wanted done, and left him 
to work out his own plan. This confidence has been 
justified; the plan has borne fruit, for every man 
has honored the confidence placed in him and has 
accordingly done his full duty. And this confidence 
extends to the men, so that it may be said that the 
greatness of the 166th Infantry, past and present, 
may be directly traced to the judgment of a Colonel 
who built on a foundation of mutual confidence be- 
tween himself, his officers and his men. 

But Colonel Hough's finest quality is to be found 
in the fact that he is intensely human. He realizes 
that the men he leads are human beings not unlike 
himself, and not mere animals to be sent to destruc- 
tion on the slightest pretext. 

Not only does Colonel Hough protect his officers 
and men, but their welfare is ever before him. He 
watches for good billets, he is an.xious that they 
indulge in sports, that they get away on leaves. — in 
short, that they have a good time among them- 
selves, for it is this, he says, which helps to build 
up esprit de corps. He also sees that his officers 
and men have every possible opportunity for pro- 
motion. He deals out rewards where they are de- 
served. And woe be unto that man who shirks his 
duty, — he also is rewarded. And in battle where 
victory is the stake and death the price, he watches 
every move of his boys, and he grieves for every 
one who falls by the wayside, — a sacrifice to the 
cause. He loves his men with all their faults and 
shortcomings, as does a father, and in his great 
human heart he carries their burdens by day and 
by night. 

A natural leader who inspires men, and who pos- 
sesses excellent judgment, — a man who is broad- 
gauged and intensely human. — such a man is Colo- 
nel Benson W. Hough. Of him Ohio may well be 
proud, for he has shed new glory on her fair name. 
She has in her possession no honor too great to 
bestow upon the man who, during the ebb and tide 
of the World War, has watched over and so ten- 
derlv cared for her heroic sons. 



HISTORY OF THE FIRST BATTALION 

First Epoch: Organization and Training in the United States 



August 13th. 1917. was a memorable day m the 
history r.f Camp Perry. Ohio, for it wi--; on tha*^ d ly 
that in obedience to the President's call for forces 
to fight abroad that the 166th Inf-intry. formerly 
known as the Old 4th Ohio Regiment, arrived, under 
the command of Colonel Benson \V. Ilonirh of Dela- 
ware. Ohio. As a portion of this unit came the 
First Battalion, with Major Rell G. Allen, of Wash- 
ington Court House, as the Commanding Officer, 
and First Lieutenant Henry Harmon Graves, of 
Columbus, as Battalion Adjutant. Captain Virgil 
\V. Peck. First Lieutenant Russel Baker, and Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Milton Monnett brought Company 
A from Cardington: Captain Frank Oyler. First 
Lieutenant Billie E. Paul and Second Lieutenant 
Earl \V. Fuhr. Company B from Columbus: Cap- 
tain John C. Volka. First Lieutenant Raymond 
Cheseldine and Second Lieutenant Robert L. Rea. 
Companv C from London, and Captain George T. 
Geran. First Lieutenant Leroy Miller and Second 
Lieutenant George E. Crotinger. Company D from 
Marion. These companies, be it remembered, had 
been mobilized in their respective communities on 
Julv 15th and had since been hard at work drilling. 
When every company had been reported to tb.e 



Commanding Officer of the Regiment, the work of 
transition began. Each company received Iro;.: 
other organizations in the state enough men to 
recruit to full strength of two hundred and liit;/ 
men, as provided for in the new tables of organiza- 
tion. The new organization completed, the regi- 
m.ent was ordered on September the 7th to procee.i 
to Camp Mills. New York, there to become a pan 
of the 42nd (Rainbow) Division, which was then 
in process of mobilization at that point. On Sep- 
tember 12th a group of Reserve Officers were as- 
signed to the battalion, completing its quota of 
officers. 

The work of training the unit was now on in full 
bla.st. By September 2?.rd the battalion and divi- 
sion was ready to be reviewed by Secretan,- of War 
Xewton D. Baker. This was an important occa- 
sion, for it marked the organization of the first 
American war strength division, and served to indi- 
cate to the world the big reservoir of American 
strength, courage and youth, which had to be organ- 
ized, trained and transported. A few weeks later, 
on October 19th. 1917. the battalion embarked for 
France on the now historic steamship Mallory. 



Second Epoch: Training Period in France 



After an uneventful voyage across the sea. the 
battalion arrived in high spirits at Saint Xazaire on 
November 1, 1917. Nine days later the organiza- 
tion had crossed the heart of France and completed 
its first big move in the game of modern war. The 
battalion detrained at Manaucourt : Battalion Head- 
quarters and Companies B and D went to Oey: 
Company A went to 
Morlaincourt. and 
Company C went to 
Chennivieres. At this 
moment a second 
group of Reserve Of- 
ficers, fresh from Eu- 
ropean schools, were 
assigned to the bat- 
talion, this time to 
act as instructors. 
Preparations were 
being completed for 
inaugurating a broad 
program of training 
when a sudden order 
to move by march to 
a new training area 
was received. 

The morning of 
December 12th saw f ^u^ 

the battalion on its way. At the close of the 
third dav the outfit reached the quaint little 
village of'Trampot, now known as the ^ alley I-orge 
of France. Six or seven inches of snow accom- 
panied bv a swift bitter cold wind, made life very 
uncomfortable. The troops were forced to sleep 
on damp ground with rude barracks thrown ovei 
them, and there was no provision whafe\^r tor 
heat Consequently, there was much suffering. 
Thev remained at Trampot about a week, during 
which time close order drill in the morning and 




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hikes in the afternoon were the order of the day. 
The monotonv of this routine work was broken 
somewhat bv General Pershing's review ju.st before 
Christmas. Christmas day. tho enlivened by music 
by the band and by a good meal, was far from a 
success. The morning of the day after Christmas 
saw the battalion begin the second phase of the 

now famous march. 
For five long, cold 
windy days the men 
plowed over the hills 
and thru the snow, 
enduring hardships 
that are not pleasant 
to remember. The 
close of the fifth day 
found Battalion 
Headquarters and 
Companies A and B 
established at Noi- 
dant, and Companies 
C and D at Cour- 
celles. Later, Compa- 
nies A and B moved 
to Perrogney. 

In this area the 
battalion took off the 
rough edges and 
made the final preparations for entering the 
trenches. Rifle and grenade ranges and bayonet 
courses were constructed, and .soon the principles 
of modern warfare were being expounded on every 
hillside and in everv valley. From the Chasseurs a 
Pied cam.e that picturesque and dashing figure. 
First Lieutenant Michael Michel, to act as bat- 
talion instructor. With his assistance and inspira- 
tion the troops rapidly acquired the rudiments 
of trench warfare and caught the spirit of the 
\\'estern Front. 



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After the intensive training period in Perrogney 
and Courcelles, an order came to proceed to the 
trenches for purposes of training under actual war 
conditions. February 16, 1918, the battalion hiked 
to Langres to entrain and on February 17-18 it de- 
trained at Saint Clement in the Luneville Sector. 
Coinpanies A, D and C marched to Benamonil, Avhile 
Battalion Headquarters and Company B took sta- 
tion in Domjevin. On February 22nd, the battalion 
relieved the 60th French Infantry Regiment, Com- 
panies A, D and C taking over the front line, with 
Company B in support. Three days later Company 
A was withdrawn from the front line and placed 
in support. Company B taking over the position 
formerly held by Company A. While in this sector 
there was but little activity. When on March 1st 
the battalion was relieved by the third battalion, the 
men and ofiicers felt quite confident of themselves. 
The unit moved into a reserve position in Moyen. 



There, volunteers for a raid were a^5ked fj'om the 
battalion, and First Lieutenant Caleb B. Lear of 
Company D was selected as the patrol leader. He 
successfully carried out the operation as planned 
and a Croix de Guerre was conferred upon him for 
his work. By March 12th the battalion was in sup- 
port position in Domjevin and Benamenil. March 
21st, or just one month from the date of entry into 
the trenches, the battalion, with the remainder of 
the regiment, was relieved in the Luneville Sector. 
Asa result of this first tour of duty in the trenches, 
the men and oflScers gained a practical knowledge 
of trench routine and discipline, acquiring a spirit 
of confidence and self-reliance which was destined 
to stand them in good stead in later tests. 

The battalion was ordered to march from its po- 
sition in line to the vicinity of Langres, where it 
was to remain for a thirty-day period of rest and 
training. But after a one-day hike the regiment 



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was halted at Damas-aux-Bois to await further orders. Subse- 
quent events proved that this halt, and change in plans, was the 
result of the first German offensive which was then being 
launched in Flanders. March 29th, orders to proceed to the 
Baccarat Sector came in and by forced marches the battalion 
reached its destination on the first of April, relieving the French 
unit then in line. Companies B and D took position in the front 
line, Companies A and C in support, with Battalion lieadciuarters 
in Ancervillers between the front line and support positions. Dur- 
ing this period there was no unusual enemy activity, although our 
patrols covered No Man's Land every night with the view of 
securing prisoners and serving as protection from enemy patrols 
or possible raids. Occasionally our front lines were gassed and 
the support positions bombarded. 

April 10th, 1918, the battalion was relieved by the third battalion 
of our regiment and moved to the reserve positions in Merviller 
and Vaxainville. It again took over the front on May loth. On 
May 18th and 19th a particularly daring piece of reconnaissance 
work was accomplished by Lieutenant Leslie and four men when 
they concealed themselves in the enemy's wire and remained in 
observation for twenty-four hours. During the night of June 
5th and 6th, the Germans attempted a raid on the line of trenches 
held by the first battalion, but due to the barrages of our artillery 
and machine-guns, and the excellent work of the men in the 
trenches, the raiding party was dispersed without ever entering 
the lines. When the operation started a comljat patrol, led by Lt. 
A. B. DeLacy and Lt. Chas. Baskerville, Jr., was caught inside 
the German wire and forced to remain in No Man's Land until 
dawn and the falling off of artillery fire, but returned to our 
lines after a miraculous escape. The battalion remained in this 
sector until June 19th, during which time its duties were rounds 
of seven days in the front line trenches, and seven days in both 
the support and reserve positions. In addition 
to these routine duties training in patr(jlling 
was emphasized. From April 24th until May 
loth, the regiment was relieved in the sector by 
the 165th Infantry, and the battalion was in 
barracks at Baccarat, excepting Company A, 
which was stationed at Veney. On June 19th 
the regiment was relieved by units of the 77th 
American Division and by units of a French 
division. The organization immediately began 
a move toward a new front. 




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Fourth Epoch: Champagne- Marne Defensive 




When the battalion pulled up stakes and left the 
Baccarat Sector, it was with a feeling that the days 
of training were ended, and that the day of actual 
test was at hand. This feeling proved to be cor- 
rect, for the division headed for a new front at 
once. It entrained at Chattel, detraining at Vitrv- 
la-Ville on June 23rd. The First Battalion hiked 
to Vesigneul, where the unit was billeted until June 
28th, when it moved by marching to St. Hilare. This 
march will ever be remembered as one of the hard- 
est of the war, lasting from 9:00 P. M. until 6:30 
A. M., covering a distance of thirty-five kilometers. 
At this time Major Frank S. Henry, who had re- 
ported for duty on June 22nd, was in command of 
the battalion. The unit remained at St. Hilare un- 
til July 3rd, during which time it trained in offen- 
sive combat with a view to a later attack on the 
town of Olizy on the Champagne front. This, how- 
ever, was never staged, on account of the immi- 
nence of the last German offensive. On July 4th 
the battalion marched from St. Hilare to Camp-de- 



la-Lyre, arriving there about 6:00 A. M. At 6:00 
P. M. the march was resumed and the morning of 
July .''•th found the battalion holding a sector of the 
.second line of resistance on the Champagne front 
near Suippes. From then on until the night of 
July 14th, the eve of the great French National Hol- 
iday, the unit was engaged in improving its posi- 
tion, and in some instances in constructing entirely 
new trenches. It worked and waited w^ith its com- 
panions in arms, the famous French Chasseurs. 
Day after day passed by, and it seemed that the at- 
tack would never come, but on the night of July 
14th warning was passed along the line. Informa- 
tion had been secured from German prisoners taken 
that evening that the German bombardment would 
start at 12 P. M.. followed by their attack at 4 :30 
A. M. General Gouraud immediately ordered our 
artillery to open fii'e at 11:45 P. M., and coming 
fifteen minutes before their own bombardment it 
caught the Germans by surprise and demoralized 
their men. who were in the midst of their final prep- 



12 



arations. At 12 o'clock the German bombardment 
began. It consisted of shrapnel, high explosives, 
whizz-bangs, gas, smoke, — in short, of every con- 
ceivable and hellish method of destruction. The 
bombardment was pronounced by the French, many 
of whom had been at Verdun, to be the most for- 
midable and destructive of the war. Being in the 
support position, the First Battalion remained un- 
der this fire for three days without a respite. Men 
neither ate nor slept. The Germans came over the 
top at 4:30 A. M., July 1.5th, but the counter-prepa- 
ration had disorganized and slowed down the whole 
attack, many of their elements having been with- 
drawn on account of the heavy casualties sustained. 
In regular group formation they followed their bar- 
I'age to our front line trenches, where they expected 
to meet with hea\y resistance. But, according to 
the plan, the front line was occupied only by skele- 
ton battalions made up of the "lost children," or 
sacrificed troops who held up the Germans just long 
enough for our artillery to change the range, and 
when the oncoming masses overwhelmed the weak- 
ened resistance here and poured into our front lines 
our own artillery dropped a most terrible barrage 
upon them. This c<iui) df grace almost annihilated 
the attacking troops, and when the surviving Ger- 
mans reached the intermediate positions, our main 
line of resistance, the exceptionally heavy fire en- 
countered here broke up their formations and 
finally stopped the attack at 11 A. M. The troops 
of the First Battalion never actually engaged the 
enemy in combat, as did the Third Battalion, but 
they gave excellent proof of their determination to 
obey General Gouraud's famous order to "stand 
or die," by remaining at their posts thru the most 
violent bombardment ever laid bv German guns. 
At 11 :00 P. M., July 18th, the battalion was or- 



dered to move toward the region of Chateau 
Thierry, there to exploit the succe.s.ses of the 
P'ranco-American counter-attack. By .5:00 A. M., 
July 19th, all the troops of the First Battalion were 
(jut of the trenches, and in, or enroute to C'uperl.v. 
the assembling point of the IGGth Infantry. 

On the following day we were honored by the 
visit of General Gouraud, who inspected the troops 
and then addressed the officers of the division as- 
sembled in a nearby grove to meet him. There, in 
an exceedingly picturesque setting, the distin- 
guished one-arm general spoke of his gratitude to 
those who had made the greatest sacrifice and ol 
his appreciation of our work. Then, with eyes Hash- 
ing characteristically, he showed how the successive 
German oflfensives, beginning in March, had each 
been stopped in a shorter length of time than the 
preceding drive, until finally this drive for Chalons 
had been stopped by 11 o'clock of the same morn- 
ing on which the oflFensive had begun. He confi- 
dently asserted that this final failure would make 
it impossible for the Germans to launch another big 
oflFensive, and that now the time had come for the 
Allies to take the oflTensive, and by keeping the ini- 
tiative, hammer the enemy into submission. Later 
events proved his expert knowledge of the general 
situation between the two fighting forces. Those 
who were privileged to hear General Gouraud's ad- 
dress will always treasure the memory of that oc- 
casion. 

Two days later the battalion entrained at St. 
Hilare. Thus ended the Champagne-Marne de- 
fensive and thus began the Aisne-Marne offensive. 

It will ever be a source of pride to the 42nd Di- 
vision to know that it was the only American unit 
privileged to participate in both the defensive and 
ofll'ensive phases of the Second Battle of the Marne. 




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Fifth Epoch: Aisne-Marne Offensive 




July 23rd, 1918, after two days of hard traveling 
in "Homines 40, Cheveaux 8," the battalion de- 
trained at La Ferte, and hiked thru to the village of 
Nanteuil in the beautiful Marne Valley. While wait- 
ing there for two days, each company was filled u]) 
by replacements. On the morning of July 2.5th, 
the battalion was moved in camions toward Epieds. 
in the vicinity of which town the troops bivouaced 
for the night. In the afternoon of July 26th the bat- 
talion took over a system of trenches near Epieds. 
The positions here were shelled at intervals, but no 
casualties resulted. The ne.xt afternoon the bat- 
talion again moved forward to gain contact with 
and to attack the enemy, passing thru and re- 
lieving a unit of French infantry. About midnight 
the battalion reached its position in the Foret de 
Fere, near Villers-sur-Fere, where it went into biv- 
ouac preparatory to an attack at daybreak. At 



1 :00 A. M. this position in the woods was heavily 
shelled with shrapnel and high explosive, causing 
many casualties among officers and men, — Com- 
pany B, alone, losing seventeen mea killed and fifty- 
five wounded. 

At 3:45 A. M. the battalion attacked in the gen- 
eral direction of the River Ourcq. By evening, after 
a day of hard fighting, entailing heavy and bitter 
losses, the battalion had forced a crossing of the 
Ourcq, and dug itself in. It was in connection with 
this day's fighting that the proud Prussian Guards 
v.-ere met and defeated. Andrew Tardieu, the great 
French Minister, made this feat the subject of a 
special announcement in the French Chamber of 
Deputies. Stunned by our attack tho he was, the 
enemy soon reorganized his forces, and launched a 
fierce counter-attack, but this was repulsed and our 
lines remained intact. 



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On the night of July 29th Companies A and D 
were called upon to counter-attack the town of 
Seringes-et-Nesles. By early morning our front 
line position was re- 
occupied, and Scrin- 
ges - et - Nesles, — 
which at that time 
was a mere pile of 
ruins, — all that re- 
mained of a once 
prosperous village, 
was again held by 
our regiment. 

During this time, 
and until the bat- 
talion was finally 
relieved, the matter 
of food and water 
supply was a very 
great problem. 
Meals were cooked 
and started up to 
the position, but the 
artillery fire, 
coupled with the in- 
adequate facilities 
for carrying the 
food, made it almost 
impossible to get 

food to the men in sufficient quantities. This fail- 
ure, together with the lack of good water, was 
doubtless responsible for the epidemic of dysentery 



out, and greatly tried the 




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which shortly broke 

morale of our troops. 

The position in Seringes-et-Nesles was held until 

August 1st, \v h e n 
the battalion w a s 
ordered relieved and 
fell back to the For- 
et de Fere. On .Au- 
gust 2nd, however, 
much to everyone's 
surprise, the bat- 
talion was ordered 
to again take up the 
pursuit of the en- 
emy, who, pressed 
at every point, had 
Ijegun a new with- 
drawal that was 
destined to take him 
to the heights be- 
yond the Aisne. Au- 
gust 3rd the bat- 
talion was relieved 
by units of the 4th 
Division, and re- 
tired to the Foret de 
Fere, remaining 
there in support un- 
til August 11th. The 
Outremacourt and 
where a thirty- 











ip to the front 



battalion then inarched to 
Sommrecourt, near Neufchateau^ 
day period of rest was to be enjoyed. 



Sixth Epoch: Saint Mihiel Offensive 



While at Outremacourt and Sommrecourt the 
battalion was comfortably billeted in wooden Ijar- 
racks. The period of training here was devoted 
chiefly to a mastery of the new assault formations. 
The personnel of Battalion Headquarters under- 
went a change. Captain Samson had been pro- 
moted at Charly-sur-Marne, and was now in com- 
mand of the battalion. The battalion lost the serv- 
ices of First Lieutenant Alfred P. Richards, as ad- 
jutant, who was made personnel adjutant of the 
regiment. The Intelligence Group was reorganized, 
First Lieutenant Alison Reppy relieving its former 
leader. Second Lieutenant H. L. Maloney, who had 
been ordered to the United States as an instructor. 

The much-desired thirty-day rest failed to mate- 
rialize, for at the end of nine days an order to move 
was received. 

At 9:30 P. M., August 28th, the battalion left 
Outremacourt, marching in the general direction 
of Toul. It arrived at Beaufremont on the morn- 
ing of August 29th. About 9 :30 P. M. the battalion 
moved again, arriving at Balleville, near Chate- 
nois, on the morning of August ."iOth, where it re- 
mained until the night of September 4th, when the 
march was again resumed. About 4:00 A. M., Sep- 
tember .5th, the unit went into bivouac in a wood 
near Tranqueville-sur-Graux. In the evening of 
the same day the battalion was again on the road, 
ari'iving at Barizey-au-Plain about 5 :00 A. M., Sep- 



tember 6th. At 9:30 P. M., on account of the 
crowded conditions, the battalion moved to Saux- 
lures-les-Vannes, a town about two kilometers dis- 
tant, where it remained for the night. At 8:00 
P. M., September 7th, the unit moved to Colombier 
Farm, near Toul. Leaving this station at 8:30 
P. M., September 8th, the battalion marched to the 
vicinity of Boucq, where it went into bivouac in a 
thick, wet wood, the Foret de la Riene, just at day- 
light on September 9th. after a long hike thru 
the rain and mud and over roads that were blocked 
with traffic. At 12:00 o'clock on the night of Sep- 
tember 9th the battalion left this station and pro- 
ceeded to a wood just in the rear of Mandres, ar- 
riving about 5:00 A. M., September 10th. Thus, 
resting by day and marching by night, the organi- 
zation had arrived at a position, from which it 
could quickly move to participate in what was to be 
America's First Independent Action, in which the 
42nd Division was to "deliver the main blow." The 
battalion lay concealed in these woods until 10:00 
P. M., September 11th, when it moved into its 
jump-oflf position on the northern edge of the vil- 
lage of Mandres. 

As each company passed thru Mandres the men 
dropped their rolls, so as to travel as lightly as 
possible. Consistent with the usual progi'am of 
an attack, it will be remembered that on this night 



15 



the rain poured down steadily and made the situa- 
tion more miserable, if such a thing were possible. 
It was pitch dark, the roads were jammed with 
troops and transportation, — artillery pieces and 
trucks loaded with ammunition had skidded off the 
roads and turned over, — and things seemed in a 
hopeless muddle, but when dawn came, all v. a^ clear 
and everyone was in his appointed place. 

At 1 :00 o'clock on the morning of September 
12th, the artillery preparation began with one ter- 
rific burst of flame from many hundreds of guns, 
French as well as American, ranging in size from 
the 75s to the great seacoast guns, some as large 
as 400mm. in caliber, which, firing from railway 
mounts, carried harassing fire to rail and road 
junctions as far behind the German lines as St. 
Benoit, Mars-la-Tour, Gorze, Gonflans, and even 
Metz. 

The stupendous bombardment shook the earth 
for four hours, driving the enemy's troops into 
their dugouts, tearing up their trenches and demor- 
alizing their communications of every description. 



Meantime, the hundreds of thousands of infantry- 
men, the hundreds of machine guns, the scores of 
American and French tanks, and the greatest as- 
semblage of American, British and French aviation 
ever employed for a single operation on the West- 
ern Front, all waited, tense and eager, for the word 
to sweep forward over the shell-torn fields and 
roads and trenches which a heavy rain that had 
begun in the evening was rapidly turning to quag- 
mire. 

At 5:00 o'clock, which was still twenty minutes 
before daybreak of that wet and foggy morning, 
the bombardment of the German front lines 
changed to a rolling barrage, and behind it, the bat- 
talion jumped off, in support of the Third Battalion 
of our regiment, whose starting point was from the 
trenches running thru the edge of the now famous 
ruins of Seicheprey. 

Immediately occurred the first agreeable sur- 
prise. The enemy's wire was found to be in bad 
condition, due to effective artillery fire and to the 
paths cut by the onrushing, lumbering tanks, so 




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the troops passed thru it with less tlillieulty than 
expected. The leading battalions met concerted in- 
fantry fire, but upon reaching the trenches the 
Boches came out of dugouts and trenches, surren- 
dering with the utmost docility. The German artil- 
lery fire was light and scattered, so the advance 
was swift and certain. By 10:00 o'clock the bat- 
talion had reached the objective of the First Phase 
of the First Day. which was the east and west 
line of trenches on the crest north of St. Baussant 
across the Rupt de Mad. At 4:00 P. M. the bat- 
talion had reached the objective set for the Second 
Phase of the First Day. This was an east and west 
line running north of Pannes and south of the Bois 
de Thiacourt. The night of September 12th found 
the troops dug in on the above mentioned line. All 
efforts to keep off the rain, which fell heavily, 
proved futile, so the men were cold, wet and hungry 
for the second day's advance, beginning at 5:00 
A. M.. September l:jth. In spite of this, by noon 
the battalion reached the army objective, a line on 
the northeastern edge of the Bois de Thiacourt. 
The unit remained in this position three days, after 
which it retired to the Bois de Nonsard for a period 
of ten days. On September 27th the battalion re- 



lieved the First Battalion, IGTth Infantry, in the 
line of outposts noith of St. Benoit, Companies (' 
and D taking over the front line positions, witli 
Companies A and P. in support. The front line 
companies suftered heavily from shrapnel, high ex- 
plosives and mustard gas, — due to the absence of 
dugouts. The men lived in fox holes from day to 
day, their food being carried to them at night. The 
support companies and the Intelligence Section su|)- 
plied the jiatrols, two going out every nigiit. On 
September 27th the battalion sent out two daylight 
jiatrols, one under Lieutenant A. B. DeLacy and 
Sergeant David Russell, the other under Lieuten- 
ants John II. Leslie and Alison Reppy, in connec- 
tion with a feint attack. Although both patrols met 
with heavy resistance the enemy's positions were 
entered and prisoners taken by Lieutenant DeLacy's 
patrol. September 30th the battalion was relieved 
by units of the 89th Division, retiring once more 
to Bois de Nonsard. October 1st the battalion 
marched around Mont Sec, through Xivray la Mar- 
maison, taking camions in the rear, — bound again 
for a new front. 

Thus ended its proud participation in the First 
Independent American Offensive. 



Seventh Epoch: Meuse-Argonne Offensive 



When, on October 2nd, 1918, the battalion ar- 
rived at Neuvilie-en-Verdenois, it became plainly 
evident that it was to participate in the great 
American Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which had al- 
ready been initiated on the morning of September 
26th, while the 42nd Division was still organizing 
the newly-won positions at Saint Mihiel. After a 
two-day pause, the battalion left Neuville-en-Verde- 
nois for Jubecourt, arriving there on October 4th. 
October 5th the battalion moved again, reaching 
the Bois de Montfaucon on the morning of October 
6th, where it went into bivouac for a period of four 
days, waiting the turn of battle or a call for rein- 
forcements. The call was not long in coming, for 
on the night of October 10th the battalion moved 
to the Bois de ^lontrebeau. north of Chaudron 
Farm, near Exermont, preparatory to relieving the 
First American Division. 

The scene that unfolded itself at dawn on that 
cold, wet and foggy morning was one that can 
never be forgotten. The heroic dead of the First 
and Thirty-fifth Divisions, lay scattered in small 
groups o\'er the fields and through the woods, bear- 
ing mute, but elociuent, testimony to the fierceness 
of that awful struggle, and giving evidence of what 
was before. German machine gunners lay dead in 
their gun emplacements, where they had (Jred until 
the last minute, taking heavy toll of American 
lives. They, too, had fought well in this, the la.st 
determined stand of (Terman autocracy. They, too, 
had sacrificed, but in their faces could be seen the 
expression of dumb-driven cattle, while the faces 
of our boys shone with a holy light of contentment, 
with an expression of peace that only C(jmes from 
a sense of having done thefull duty in a just cause. 
But this was not all. Here and there could be seen 
horses and mules, killed by artillery fire, or, per- 
haps, having fallen in the harness, — dead from 



sheer strain and exhaustion, — yes, in many cases, 
from starvation. The stench arising from the 
bodies of these poor, dumb beasts adcled the last 
element of grimness. Strew the field with rifies, 
packs, machine guns and ammunition, and you have 
the picture. 

On October 12th the Second Battalion relieved a 
battalion of the First Division on a line just south 
of Sommerance, the Third Battalion went into sup- 
port at Exermont. while our battalion remained in 
the woods near Chaudron Farm. On the morning 
of October 14th the Second Battalion attacked, 
made some gains, and was held. The Third Bat- 
talion relieved the Second Battalion on the night 
of the 14th of October, the First Battalion resting 
on the southern slope of the hill south of Sommer- 
ance. The next morning the Third Battalion at- 
tacked in the direction of St. Georges, pushed the 
line about one and one-half kilometers north of 
Sommerance, but was unable to continue the ad- 
vance. The First Battalion moved into support. 
Companies A and B in Sommerance, and Compa- 
nies C and D on a line about five hundred yards 
south of the town. Four days later, the battalion 
relieved the Third Battalion, Companies A and B 
taking over the front lines, with Companies C and 
D in support. Companies A and B suffered heavy 
casualties from artillery fire ; the men, living in 
fox holes, filled with water and mud, enduring the 
greatest physical discomforts, — food was carried to 
them under cover of darkness with much difficulty. 

Relief came when it was decided that the First 
Battalion should be withdrawn on the night of Oc- 
tober 23rd, to Hill 242, there to rest up for the next 
attack, which it had been chosen to launch. For 
seven days the battalion lived in fox holes on the 
southern slope of that famous hill, hourly expecting 
the order for attack. Those were anxious times,— 



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The Historic 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive 



18 



the air was full of rumors of peace and of the 
possibilities of an armistice, — so it was a real "re- 
lief" when on the night of October .'iOth the Ma- 
rines of the Second Division mo\ed up to our posi- 
tions. From Hill 242 the battalion marched to the 
valley south of Charpentry, where in mud and rain 
it bivouaced for three days. 

Then began the Secoixl Phase of the Meuse- 
Argonne Offensive, generally known as the "Ad- 
vance on Sedan." In the early morning hours of 
November 3rd the battalion left Charpentry and 
after a long, hard day's hike arrived at Verpel. 
November 4th brought the battalion to Brieulles- 
sur-Bar. On November 5th it relieved a battalion 
of the 78th American Division on the line of out- 
posts just north of 
Tannay. During the 
afternoon it cleared 
the Bois de Mont 
Dieu — certainly the 
memory of that night 
in the woods will 
ever remain with 
every man who was 
there. The next day, 
preceded by advance 
patrols ably led by 
Lieutenants Sinclair 
J.Wilson and Thomas 
Fi'eeman, the battal- 
ion forced its way 
into Chemery. and 
beyond to the heights 
south of Chehery. 
There the advance 
rested until the morn- 
ing of November 7th, 
when orders were re- 
ceived to advance to 
Sedan. Lieutenants 
John H. Leslie and 
Alison Reppy led a 
patrol, fifty men 

strong, thru Chehery to the outskirts of Cheveuges, 
where they were held up by machine-gun fire. 
There they were relieved by a patrol under Cap- 
tain Reuben B. Hutchcraft, of the Third Battalion, 
which battalion in the meantime had passed thru 
and relieved the First Battalion, the latter becom- 
ing the support. The battalion closed its glorious 
record by clearing the Bois de Mont Dieu and by 
capturing the towns of Chemery and Chehe.y, 
making a total advance of fourteen kilometers in 
two days, and — opening the road to Sedan. 

But the First Battalion was to be honored once 
more. About 12 :00 o'clock on the night of Novem- 
ber 7th, Captain Baker, commanding Company D, 
was called to Regimental Headquarters, then lo- 




Lt. Reppy, 



cated at Chemery, and ordered to go with the 
French Army to represent the American Army in 
the official entry into Sedan. (The Americans, for 
sentimental reasons, consented to allow the French 
to take the city.) 

Accordingly, next morning Captain Baker, ac- 
companied by Captain Gowdy and First Lieutenant 
Alison Reppy, Regimental and First Battalion In- 
telligence Officer, lepoyted to the headquarters of 
the 252nd French Infantry, which was located 
in a very old but beautiful chateau at Frenois. 
Captain Baker v.-as sent by Colonel Deville up 
to a front line battalion to reconnoiter the situa- 
tion. The company, which had been on the 
march from Chehery since morning, arrived in 

Frenois just after 
dark and was placed 
in billets provided by 
the French. 

That night two pa- 
trols from Company 
D were sent out with 
the French to patrol 
the outskirts of Se- 
dan. Tho worn out 
by long months of 
hard campaigning, 
the men under the 
successful and exper- 
ienced leadership of 
Lieutenant Colvin IL 
Todd and Lieutenant 
George Crotinger, 
succeeded in enter- 
ing the suburbs of 
Sedan. The German 
artillery made it very 
difficult to move, and 
on the way back, old, 
tried and true men, 
— men who had stood 
the blood and iron 
te.st in the Cham- 
Saint Mihiel and the 
wept, saying: "Lieu- 
me ; I cannot go any 



WITH COMPANY D. BEFORE SEDAN 

Lt. Crotinger, Capt. Gowdy, Lt. Todd. Capt. 
Lt. Freeman 



Bake 



pagne. Chateau Thierry, 

Argonne, broke down and 

tenant, go on and leave 

farther." By urging and cajoling, they were finally 

brought into safety. 

No American troops ever actually entered Sedan, 
proper. Because of the likelihood of an immediate 
armistice, the French adopted a "policy of expec- 
tation," they called it, so it became uncertain as to 
how long we would have to remain with them in 
order to share in the official entry. This uncer- 
tainty, coupled with the fact that the 42nd Division 
was again on the move, led, on the morning of No- 
\ ember 9th, 1918, to the recall of the company. 
And thus ends the Story of Sedan. 




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Eighth Epoch: March to the Rhine, and Army of Occupation 



The morning of November 11, 1918, now and 
forever destined to be a famous date in the history 
of human affairs, found the First Battahon once 
more on the march,- — as later ascertained, to take 
part in another great Alhed offensive east of Metz. 
It left Sommauthe early in the morning while the 
mist still clung to the ground. It was cold and it 
was muddy, but officers and men, tho exhausted 
from long and continuous campaigns, were buoyed 
up in spirit by the persistent rumors of an armis- 
tice. But they were not to be fooled again. Once 
before on Hill 242 they had listened to Dame Ru- 
mor, and convinced, had turned loose wild and in- 
coherent yells of rejoicing, only to find themselves 
going over the top next morning. However, as 
the men plodded along, passing thru village af- 
ter village, the rumor became stronger and 
stronger, and by the time the battalion arrived in 
Buzancy, it had grown into fact. This time there 
was no display of enthusiasm, — the men were too 
tired and too worn, — but when they went to their 
humble beds of straw that night in Beffu it was 
with a feeling of thankfulness that the world was 
again approaching peace. 

The morning of November 12th confirmed the 
armistice, and then began wide speculations as to 
when we would get home, where we would go from 
Beffu and when peace would be signed. But these 
were soon ended, when word came in that the 42nd 
Division would be a part of the Army of Occupa- 
tion, and would, therefore, soon begin the march 
to the Rhine. The first move of that long journey 
came when, light of spirit, if not of pack, the bat- 
talion, on November llUh, moved from Beffu to St. 
Georges, — the town before which it had so lately 
fought. The unit remained there three days. The 
nights were bitter cold, but where a few days be- 
fore a cigarette light was forbidden, now large 
bonfires dotted the hillsides, great flames leaped 
heavenward, giving forth light, heat and comfort. 
At first glance, it seemed that Broadway, New 
York, with all its lights, had been transported to 
the battle area. The battalion left St. Georges No- 
vember 16th, bivouacing that night at Clery-le- 
Grande, and moved on to Stenay on the 17th. 
Tho the troops were fatigued, they faced this 
journey into the enemy's land with glad heart and 
willing legs. Many times while lying in a shell-hole, 
cold and wet and discouraged, they had wondered 
to themselves if they would ever see the Rhine, and 
now, they were actually on the way. 

At Stenay the battalion halted for three days. 
Here every man was deloused, bathed and pre- 
sented with a new outfit of clothes, so all were in 
better spirits when leaving Stenay on the morning 
of November 20th. Night found the battalion bil- 
leted in Thonnel. It will be remembered as the 
town where the Germans left six big calibre guns 
in the hands of the village priest, to be turned over 
to the Allies as a partial fulfillment of the armistice 
conditions. Thonnel. untouched by the war, of- 
fered the first good billets the men had seen for 
months. And from now on billets were to improve 
constantly. 

The next day, November 21st, 1918, marked an 
important epoch in the history of the First Bat- 



talion, for it was on that day that it passed out of 
Fagny, the last French village, into Belgium. As 
the battalion marched over the border the Regi- 
mental Band played. It was indeed a stirring mo- 
ment. Immecliately, a change could be noted. The 
towns were cleaner, the buildings were uniformly 
constructed, and the people seemed less depressed. 
As the troops marched forward they passed under 
triumphal arches on which were such inscriptions : 
'"Honor to Our Liberators," and "Welcome to the 
Allies." Little children turned out to strew the 
roads with fiowers ; and flags, American, French, 
English and Belgian, were flown from every house. 
The battalion spent its first night in Belgium, in 
Bellfontaine. The next night it was at Fouches. 

November 23rd found the battalion passing out 
of Beligum into the little principality of Luxem- 
bourg. Our first stop in this country was 'Rip- 
weiler, where we remained for a week, during 
which time Thanksgiving was fully celebrated. 
During the stay at Ripweiler close order drill was 
the program of the day. December 1st Reckingen 
was reached and December 2nd Christnach, the; last 
Luxembourg village before German territory. 

On December Srd the battalion passed over the 
German boundry at Bollendorf and took station 
at the small, dirty village of Fershweiler. The 
(iermans were quite courteous and obedient. It 
was plain that the presence of foreign troops on 
their soil cut to the quick, but it was equally plain 
that they had determined to make the best of a 
necessary evil. The battalion rested for two days 
in Fershweiler and then passed rapidly thru 
Biersdorf. Schonecken. Niederbettingen, Dollen- 
dorf, and then halted at Schuld for five days. Then 
came Maychoss, and on December 1.5th the Rhine 
in all its glory, hove into sight. The First Bat- 
talion drew as a station the little village of Unkel- 
bach, — about one kilometer west of the river. It 
was not a desirable place, but by management it 
was made a fairly decent place to live in. The bat- 
talion remained at Unkelbach until January 11, 
1919, when it moved to the town of Rolandswerth, 
directly on the Rhine. There it fell heir to the most 
palatial billets in the Third Army. The officers oc- 
cupied chateaux, many men found themselves once 
again enjoying feather beds, while every man was 
under cover with access to heat. 

With the real fight over, the war on paper began. 
All along the Rhine typewriters clicked out imag- 
inary battle orders, and in reluctant obedience the 
long-suflFering, patient doughboy went thru the 
form of manoeuvers. In the meantime every one 
had their ear to the ground, eager to grasp the 
slightest information as to the date of departui'e for 
home. While waiting, officers and doughboys took 
occasion, with and without leave, to visit historic 
and beautiful places, such as Cologne, Bonn, Coblenz 
and Bingen. It is even rumored that some went as 
far as Berlin, but one should be skeptical about the 
reliability of such stories. As a means of stopping 
this promiscuous roving, leaves were granted for 
the first time in eighteen months, — although they 
were supposed to have been granted every four 
months. 



20 




"Army of Occupation" on the Rhine, Germany 

21 



Ninth Epoch: Homeward Bound 




On March 16th, 1918, at 1 :00 P. M., the 42nd 
(Rainbow) Division was drawn up for a final in- 
spection on the banks of the Rhine at the Ludendorf 
Bridge, near Remagen. At 2:00 o'clock the di- 
vision was called to 
attention by the 
shrill, penetrating 
notes of a bugle, 
and General Persh- 
ing, seated upon a 
great white charg- 
er, accompanied by 
his staflF and Gen- 
eral Flagler and his 
staff, rode around 
the entire division. 
He then dismounted 
and began a person- 
al inspection of the 
troops. The 166th 
Infantry, being on 
the right of the divi- 
sion, was inspected 
first. Colonel Ben- 
son W. Hough met 
the General as he 
approached, and 
gave him full infor- 
mation concerning 
the regiment ; the battalion and company com- 
manders gave similar reports on their respec- 
tive units as he inspected their men. With a 
vigorous stride General Pershing walked between 
the lines of troops, asking the officers and men 
questions and giving a word of praise here and 
there. The inspection ended, the men to be deco- 
rated for gallantry in action marched to the front 
and center of the division, and there General Per- 
shing personally pinned upon their breasts the 
medals and crosses they so richly deserved. This 
ceremony completed, the General and his staff took 
position on the reviewing stand, and the division 
passed in review, each regiment in line of compa- 
nies with bayonets fixed, making a formidable and 
magnificent impression. As the last regiment 
passed General Pershing stepped from the stand 
and said to General Flagler, the Division Com- 
mander : "General, you have a fine division." After 
the division halted, the General delivered his fare- 
well address, in which he thanked the men and 
officers for their contribution to the achievements 
of the American Expeditionary Forces. As the 
men marched to their billets that evening they car- 



Gen. Pershing reviewing 42ncl (Rainbow) Division on the Rhine 



ried with them the feeling that the first step in the 
journey "homeward bound" had been taken. 

After about three weeks of waiting, the orders 
for movement came in, and Mondav morning, April 

6th, 1919, at 6:00 
o'clock, the battal- 
ion entrained at 
Oberwinter. Thus 
began the journey 
that was to end 
upon the hearths of 
h o m e , and thus 
ended the history of 
the First Battalion 
as a part of the 
Army of Occupa- 
tion. 

The train passed 
quickly thru Cob- 
lenz and noon found 
it at Treves, where 
a stop for lunch was 
made. The second 
day of the journey 
brought the outfit 
into the heart of 
"sunny" France and 
thru the city of Bar- 
le-Duc. On the third 
the battalion detrained at 



day, at 4 :;]0 P. M 
Brest, the port of embarkation and the objective 
so long sought. There things moved rapidly and 
systematically. Men and oflficers were inspected 
and delou.sed and passenger lists were made up, 
preparatory to embarkation. On Wednesday, April 
15, 1919, the unit embarked on the famous German 
liner "Vaterland," now known as the Leviathan. 
The boat left Brest the following Friday and 
landed in New York on Friday, April 25th, 1919. A 
special detachment of oflicers from the battalion 
sailed on the steamship Pretoria, which landed at 
Boston on Monday, April 28th, 1919. The men in 
this detachment reported to Camp Devens, Massa- 
chusetts, and from there to Camp Sherman, Ohio. 
After a wonderful reception at the docks in New 
York, the regiment proceeded to Camp Merritt, 
New Jersey. There the men were deloused. and 
those not from Ohio were segregated from the or- 
ganization and sent to the camps nearest their 
homes. These days of breaking up were sad days. 
On May 9th, 1919, the regiment entrained for 
Columbus, Ohio, at which place it arrived on the 
afternoon of May 10th, thus bringing to a close the 
"Homeward Bound" journey of some 4,000 miles. 




22 



Tenth Epoch: Parade and Mustered Out 



Columbus, Ohio, will long remember the 
return of the 166th Infantry. Under gray 
skies that could not dim the brilliant 
flashes of tlago and colors, the train pulled 
into the yards north of Union Station, 
where thousands waited to bid the troops 
welcome. Upon gray streets that could 
scarcely hold enthusiastic surging crowds, 
the Rainbows came home. They came 
with heads up, with banners flying, with 
the bronze faces and the steady stride of 
these who have suffered much. It was the 
last chapter in a book of achievement, 
engraved in letters of flame against the 
darkened background of France. Perhaps 
it was this sense of finality, perhaps the 
tremendous stirring beauty of the spec- 
tacle of the marching men, but it is a fact 
that the gayest in the crowd felt a touch 
of solemnity, as if History herself were 
bending over the cheering city and the 
steel-tipped lines of men and writing with 
victorious pen : "It is finished." Never in 
the history of Columbus have crowds 
waited so long and so cheerfully. From 
one until si.x patience paid tribute to patriotism. 
There was no complaint and no disorder. Why 
should there be? Those who had waited eighteen 
months for their boys would not balk at six hours. 

The crowds in the reviewing stand rose in a body 
as the parade completed its route, and came down 
Broad Street toward High. First came a detach- 
ment of police under Chief Carter, followed by the 
Barracks Band. After it, the Chief Marshal, Gen- 
eral John C. Speaks, and his staff, consisting of re- 
turned Columbus officers, most of whom were from 
the 37th Division. After them two companies of 
the Old Guard, A, of Columbus, under Captain Wil- 
liam Miller, and B, of Newark, under Captain Mat- 
thew Bausch. 

The Spanish War Veterans, with Commander 
Roy Browne, introduced the first unique feature in 
the parade — a huge float, upon which was erected 





Arrival at Columbus, Ohio 



Parade in Columbus 

a Rainbow. Within its arc glnwed a golden star, 
with 427 upon it — representing the men who had 
died while in the service. There was also a list of 
the towns which had given them to the cause — Del- 
aware, Marysville, Cardington, Greenfield, Circle- 
ville, London, Lancaster, Marion, Columbus, and 
Washington Court House. Many of the veterans 
were in the (^Id uniform of blue and khaki. 

The Camp Sherman Band followed, and after 
it, a detachment of all discharged soldiers from all 
branches, who had been in the war, — a most demo- 
cratic platoon, with marines, artillerymen and 
doughboys walking with sailors and cavalrymen. 
They were commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Sim- 
eon Nash. Following them came a detachment of 
the Navy — most of them in blue, but occasionally a 
Jackie in white. Lieutenant George R. LaSauvage 
led them. 

The Fire Department Band and the 
well-drilled lines of the Soldiers Associa- 
tion of the firemen came next, straight and 
trim in blue and bearing enormous Allied 
flags — a bouquet of flaring colors. After 
them came the men of the Fourteenth- 
Fourth with their band. There were 
twelve platoons of the Old Fourth proud 
to greet their victorious son, the 166th. 
They, together with the Columbus Eagles, 
flnished the Columbus units. 

Then came the Rainbows. A tumultu- 
ous roar of cheers rolled from the waiting 
crowds. Brilliantly decorated machines 
carrying the wounded passed the grand- 
stand, the grinning lads waving and shout- 
ing over banks of flowers to friends and 
relatives on the sidewalk. Many of the 
wounded marched in the parade in addi- 
tion to those for whom the Columbus Auto 
Club provided machines. 

One crashing roar of welcome mounted 
{Concluded on page 26) 



23 



lt|iiiun- Jl^oll 



"A • COMPANY 



Xnm, 

Si'cond Lieutenant Lee H. Knrt/. . 
Si rficnnt.'! — 

Henry Dille 
( 'orpin'fils — 

Kverett Mi-Ciuire 

iVllpu Artrr 

I'rivdits — 

Orville Bazill ■ 

Frank Baker 

Walter Bauer 

Joseph Chapman 

Fred B. Corivin. 

Kmile P^iflick 

George Hutton 

William MoQu in 

Pearl E. Morris 

William E. Flower^ 

Ifobert W. Salladay 

Charles Sehuster 

Fred Siler 

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( 'ohinilms. Ohii 


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Bradford. Old . 


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2s, 


191S 


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.July 


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.Ml. (iiliod. Ohio. 


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2S. 


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1. 


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Julv 


29. 


191 S 


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Aug. 


3. 


191S 


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.Marion. Ohio 


Oel. 


2.5, 


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Sommeranee 


I'ittsl)nrgli. I'.i 


Oft. 


23. 


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Sonunerance 


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S;.,,t 


27. 


191 s 


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Tn)y. Ohio 


.\ug. 


1. 


19IS 


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.Marion. Ohin 


Oct. 


2.5. 


191S 


Somuieranep 



( 'orjun-ids — 

Ihde V. DirUun 
.lo^rph Iv Shi\iey 
Augusline Willis 

I'riralcx — 

Robert Abies ... 
(iranf Allen 
Elmer Anderson 
Olal .\. Anderson 
.l.-iek I.. Burley 
.John .1. Chirk 
Raymond S. ( 'olli.'s 
L. 1 1. ( 'oopcrrider 
William i)et -rl 
Harry Kdinger 
Roy Fleteher. , 
R. 1). ( loodwiii. 
Ivlwai-d Haines 
( '.-irl F. Henkelma:i 
Mieliael Higgins 
Fred Holet)ndi 
.Martin .Johnson 
Elmer B. Johnson 
.Fohn Koliinski - 
C. J. Kostenbader 
Millard M. Moore 
Enzley J. Metheny 
Earl H. Payne 
Lewis Pickens 
Isadore Pop . 
Samuel Price 
Charles Prindli- 



"B" COMPANY 



New London, Ohio . , . 

( 'olund)U^. Ohio 

Charlotl" Harbor. Fla. 



Kentu(d<y 

Kentucky. 

.So. .Vudiersl. Ohi I 

Iowa 

I 'ennsyhania . . 
( 'olumbus. Ohio 
Blanchester. Ohi i 
Xewark. Ohio 
Iowa, 

Iowa 

Springfielil. Ohio 
Blanchester, Ohi ) . 
Blanchester. Ohi > 
Marietta. Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 
Kentucky 

Kentuck.v 

So. Amherst, Ohio 



Brooklyn. X. V 
Sandusk.v. Ohio 
Xewark. Ohio 
Hartford. Conn 
Columbus. Ohio 
Xewark, Ohio 
Xew York (Mty 
Elvria, Ohio 



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29. 


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Julv 


29. 


191S 


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2S. 


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June 


4. 


191S 


July 


2S. 


191S 


Jtdv 


2S. 


1918 


Julv 


2s, 


1918 


Julv 


29. 


1918 


July 


2S, 


1918 


Jtdy 


2S, 


1918 


•lidv 


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1918 


.lulv 


2S, 


1918 


July 


2S, 


1918 


Jidy 


2S. 


1918 


Jtdy 


2,8. 


1918 


•Jidv 


2S. 


1918 


Julv 


2S. 


1918 


July 


2S. 


1918 


Apri 


22, 


1918 


Julv 


28, 


1918 


Oct. 


2.5. 


1918 


Julv 


28. 


1918 


Sept 


14. 


1818 


July 


28, 


1918 


Julv 


2S. 


1918 


-lulv 


29. 


1918 


Julv 


1.'). 


191S 


July 


lo. 


191S 



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Xear Ourcr| River 

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Ancerviller 
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X'ear Ourcq River 
Xear Ourcq River 
Xear Ourcq River 
Xear Om-cq River 
Xear Ourcq River 
Xear Ourcq Riwr 
X'eai- Ourcq River 
X'ear Ourcq River 
Xear Ourcuj River 
Xear Ourcq River 
Xear Oiu-cq River 
Xear Ourcq Ri\er 
Xear Ourcq Ri\er 
Died of di.seas.' 
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.Vrgonne Forest 
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Died of disease 
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Xear Ourcq River 
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In Champagne 
In ( 'hami)agne 



24 





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London. ( )hio 


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London. Ohio 


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Sniiiniils — 














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Kyyii-. 1 )lno 


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River 


( 'ill- imiilh 

Leonard Hardsliav. 


Marion, Ohio 


Sepl 


:;ii 


I'.llS 






Aliraham K\ans 


I'rhana, Ohio 


July 


2 J 


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Ohio City. Ohio 


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Ivl^cwood. I'a 


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2S 


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River 


D.wr .K I'.ird 


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Mar 


1 


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1 >lem'-r\ 




Ki'ilh ('. ( 'returs 


St. Paris. Ohio, 


Juii" 


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23 



{Concluded from page 23) 
in a swift, hoarse crescendo as Colonel Benson W. 
Hough, "Big Ben," appeared under the green rain- 
bow of the Broad Street trees. He was mounted 
on "Parade," a Blue Ribbon horse. From the 
throats of parents and friends surged a mighty 
tribute to this man, who commanded their boys 
with the strength of a leader, and cared for them 
with tlie love of a father. Back of him stretched a 
dense bristling forest of bayonets, steel-gray and 
khaki. The battalions inarched in inverted order, 
that is, the Third Battalion first, because of its 
ranking major. The First Battalion, led by Major 
James A. Samson, of Delaware, came next, and 
then followed the Second Battalion, led by Major 
John Geran. The entire regiment swept down 
Broad Street in platoon formation until passing the 
reviewing stand. Then it broke into scjuad forma- 
tion and rounded Memorial Arch. The Regimental 



Band led them. Then they passed the reviewing 
stand a second time in a column of squads. After 
the last man had passed, and the parade turned into 
the State House grounds, the crowd streamed in a 
black mass across Broad Street, and all became 
confusion where a moment before had been ordered 
ranks. The men were then excused to go to their 
homes over Sunday. 

Monday morning the regiment reasseinbled and 
made its "Last Hike" to the train that was to carry 
them to Camp Sherman, the point of demobiliza- 
tion. There the final details of the necessary paper 
work were mastered and by Saturday night, May 
17, 1919, the entire regiment had been mustered 
out and the men were civilians and on the way 
hom.e. 

"The greatest fighting unit in the world is now 
a memory," commented Colonel Hough as the last 
of the doughboys pulled out of camp. 



STATION LIST OF BATTALION SINCE ARRIVAL IN A. E. F. 



;St. Xazaire Nov. 

Ot'V Nov. 

Morlpy Deo. 

Harme\ille Dec. 

Trampot Dec 

Aiidelot Deo. 

Esiieuvaux Dec. 

Nogeiit Dec. 

Humes Dec. 

Noidant Dec. 

Perrogney Jan. 

Domje^'in Feb. 

Blemery Feb. 

Domjeviii Mar. 

Moyeii Mar. 

Domjevin Mar. 

Moyen Mar. 

Damas Au.x Bois Mar. 

Doncieres Mar. 

JMciiiligiiy Mar. 

Aneer\ ilier Mar. 

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Brielles Nov. 

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La Neuville Nov. 

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26 



SECTION II 



BATTALION HEADQUARTERS 



Officers; Intelligence Section; Liaison Croup; Office P^orce 
and Mounted Orderlies 



OFFICERS 

Major James A. Suinson, Batlalioii ('(immandcr 
Majur John ( '. \'o|ka, Asst. Battalion ( 'oninianilrr 
C'ai)lain KoliiTt S. I'ostlc. Medical ( 'or]>s 
P'irst Lieutenant Jolm Early, Batlalii>n Adjutant 
First Lieutenant Alison Ke])py, liilellii;ence Officer 
First Lieutenant Robert Blaine, Liaison Ollicer 
f"'ather tieortre C'arpentier (First Lieutenarjt j 
Marfus E. Lindsey, Y. M. C. A. Secretary 



Seryi'niit-Miijor — 

George M. Ward ( 'olmnlius, ( )hio 

Srrtfrduts — 

William Kerns ( 'inciniiati, ( Miio 

Cluirles R. ( 'ooU'v ()l)erlin, (.)hio 

Frank Niehols London. Ohio 

William Swaliey Colnniluis. Ohio 

Fred Miller Marion, ( )hio 

Fred Weiljel ( 'ohinilius. Ohio 

Aele Ceneehaufjh Montezuma, (Ihio 

George W, Lymdi Birmingham. X. .1, 

Arcdiie Hildelirand S]iringtield Ohio 

Ralph Claytor Cardiugton, Ohio 

Herbert Markey Dayton. Ohio 

Ronald Rigb.v Columbus, Ohio 

Charles Stevens London, Ohio 

EU.sworth Mei-riner Canton, Ohio 

Privalns — 

.James Long. Pleasant Hill, Ohio 

Joe Long Ludlow. Ky. 

James Tanner Cincinnati. Oliio 

Marion Lesniowski Youngstown, Ohio 

William Jeruzalski Syraeiise. X. Y. 

Charles Taylor Cumberland. Md. 

Albert Craft Antwerp. Ohio 

Dwight Berry Marion. Ohio 

Ulysses Chafpin London. Oliio 

Martin Randolph London. Ohio 

Harris X. Little Carnesville. (Ja. 

Henry Craig Everett, Wash. 



James .\ilisiin Lewistown, Mo. 

Allierl Koescli North Wales, I'eniia. 

Frank Broomhall ( 'ineiiniati. ( )hio 

Isaac Weinstein Montgoiuery. .\la. 

Jonas Sup])inger Osgood. Ohio 

Joseph Shardow Piqua. OIno 

Chauncey .Smith (Killed in 

action at Sommerance) , Des Moines, Ohio 

Rudolph Cullen Cincinnati, Ohio 

William Tweed Cohuubus. Ohio 

Edwaril Witt Columbus. Ohio 

Obediah Blackman Old Dock. Xo. Carolina 

Charles Patters S|)riiigheld. Ohicj 

George Smith Findlay, C)hio 

Henry Lowrey . Lancaster, OIno 

Walter Delaney Cincinnati, Ohio 

Rodger ( 'lay Lima, ( )liio 

Henry Widlbauni Piqua, Ohio 

Amos Briggs London, Ohio 

Edgar Ebner Lima, Ohio 

Paul Humes London, Oliio 

Anthony Kappra,l Scranton. Penna.. 

Mark King Smith Station, -Ala, 

Burgiss Anthony ^hlrion, Ohio 

Ray Xice Marion. Ohio 

Samuel Whitlatc-h Marion. Ohio 

Har\'ey Hinely ^hirion. Ohio 

Arthur Hummel Kenton. Ohio 

Charles Decou\-ey .\kron. Ohio 

Clyde Henniger Akron. Ohio 

Allen Cooper ... . Ilillslioro, Ohio 



27 




MAJOR JAMES ALBERT SAMSON 

Commanding, Officer 
Delaware, Ohio 




MAJOR "JIM," the Pride of Del- 
aware County, first saw the 
light of day at Mount Victory, 
on February 3rd, 1882, some thirty- 
seven years ago. At this age most 
men are old, but the Major is still 
young, both in action and in spirit, 
as the young bucks he led so gallantly 
can amply testify. Mis early educa- 
tion was received in the Public and 
High Schools of Delaware, Ohio, a 
town which has been placed on the 
map by the glory of his achievements. 
After leaving High School he signed up for strong 
courses in the University of Experience and became 
a true soldier of fortune. He served in the Mexican 
campaign from June 17, 1916 to March 3, 1917, 
and had not been home from the border long when 
he was called to Camp Perry to help organize that 
famous fighting regiment, the 166th Infantry. 
From Camp Perry he went to Camp Mills on Sep- 
tember 9th, 1917, with the 166th Infantry, which 
was to merge its fame and fortunes with the fame 
and fortunes of the 42nd (Rainbow) Division. At 
this time he was Captain of Company K. He set 
.sail for France on October 31st, 1917, and soon 
found himself established at Meligny-le-Grand. 
From there he maix'hed with his outfit for nine 
cold, stormy days, until Perrogney was reached, — 
the place designated as a training area. There Cap- 
tain "Jim," who was now commanding Company A 
of the First Battalion, remained until the Rainbow 
Division first entered the trenches on February 
22nd, 1918. It was his good fortune to lead the 
first company of the now famous 42nd (Rainbow) 
Division into the trenches. There, in Lorraine, in 
Champae^ne, and on the Marne, he discharged his 



duties with such signal success that he was lifted 
to the rank of major and assigned to the command 
of the First Battalion at Charlv-sur-Marne, August 
17th, 1918. In Saint Mihiel he ably led his bat- 
talion, only pausing now and then to exclaim : 
"Blaine, where's Company D?" or "Reppy, where in 
the hell are those shells landing?" In the last days 
before Sedan Major "Jim's" battalion added to the 
immortal glory of the Rainbow by annexing the 
Bois de Mont Dieu and the towns of Chemery, Che- 
hery, and Cheveuges, and making a total advance 
of fourteen kilometers. 

Major Samson has always looked after the inter- 
ests of his men and officers, who believe him to be 
the best field leader among the majors of the 166th 
Infantry. 

But his strongest qualities as a soldier consist in 
efficient administration, in mastery of details, in 
sound judgment, and in his ability to preserve har- 
mony and create a spirit of unity. 

Great as a soldier. Major "Jim" is surpassingly 
great as a man. He is distinctly human. When 
coming in off a long march he can always be seen 
at the head of his battalion, and as he approaches 
tlie Billeting Officer a broad Samsonian grin lights 
up his face, he leans over from his horse and says : 
"How are we fixed?" In his worst days he always 
carries a story concealed just beneath the surface 
of his skin. He believes in having a good time and 
in having others have a good time. How often have 
we heard him say : "Well, I am an old man, but if 
T was a young buck like Early. Blaine or DeLacy, I 
would get out and see the country, pass or no pass, 
M. P's. or no M. P's." Truth to tell, James Samson 
the Major and the Man, is sworn by by every officer 
and man in the First Battalion, 166th Infantry. 



28 




MAJOR JOHN CHRISTIAN VOLKA 

Assistant Battalion Commander 
122 West Street, London, Ohio 




T 



r^HE scene is in the First Bat- 
talion dugout in Sommerance. A 
map of the surrounding country 
lies upon the taljle. Orders are that 
St. Georges must be taken at any 
cost. First Lieutenant John Early. 
Battalion Adjutant; First Lieutenant 
Alison Reppy. Intelligence Officer; 
First Lieutenant Robert Blaine. Liai- 
son Officer; Captain John Volka, Act- 
ing Major, and the four compan>- 
commanders, are the characters in 
tiie drama. Stretching his long fin- 
gers forward to a point on the map, Captain Volka 
says: "Wel-1-1, now-w-\v, I think that it would be 
a good idea to send a company to outflank St. 
Georges on the left, but-t-t, then again, I don't 
know. You see this company might be enfiladed 
by machine guns on their exposed flank. VVel-a-a, 
Captain Baker, I-I-I think you had better look over 
the situation and give me a report." 

The above incident, true in spirit, if not in detail, 
is striking in that it reveals two sides of Captain 
\'olka's character at the same time. It shows that 
gentleman's indisposition to act hurriedly, and also 
shows how painstaking and careful he is in all that 
he does. He is deliberate, sure, and conscientious, 
and when he places the stamp of his approval upon 
any work, you may be sure that it is as it should 
be. He is a veritable master of details, which fact 
more than makes up for any hesitation in acting. 
And then it must not be forgotten that "John" came 
out of Headciuarters Company into command of 
the First Battalion at a time when that battalion 
was holding the most strategic point on the West- 
ern front. Everything considered, it must be 
granted by all that he handled a difficult and deli- 
cate situation well. Hats off to Captain "John." 

The subject of the above discourse was born in 
London, Ohio, on August f 4th, 1878. After leaving 
school he entered the grocery business. He was 



called away temporarily by the Spanish-American 
War, joining Company E of the Third Ohio Volun- 
teers, and from then on he has practically been in 
continuous military service. In the course of his 
service he served five years with Company L of the 
4th Ohio, the last two years as a second lieutenant. 
He recruited, organized and trained Company C 
of the 4th Ohio National Guard. This unit was 
called into service on June 19th, 1916, and re- 
mained on the Mexican Border until the spring of 
1917. On returning from the border Captain Volka 
was made Commission Clerk in the Adjutant (Jen- 
eral's office of Ohio. He remained at this post until 
August l:Jth, 1917, when he went to Camp Perry 
with the 166th Infantry, again in command of Com- 
pany C. But when the regiment sailed for France 
on October 19th, 1917, Captain "John," because of 
his special ability as an organizer, was placed in 
command of Headquarters Company, a company 
which requires a versatile and experienced com- 
mander. This company contains all the auxiliary 
sections, — the one-pounders, the Stoke mortars, 
the Pioneers, the mounted orderlies, the band, and. 
most important of all, the Signal Section, upon 
which entirely depends the liaison of the regiment 
in time of battle. 

Captain Volka succeeded in developing each one 
of these sections, — practically a company to itself, 
— to a very high degree of efficiency, so that their 
proper functioning in battle had much to do with 
the success of the regiment. Captain Volka re- 
mained in command of Headquarters Company 
until the Argonne, when he was temporarily placed 
in charge of the First Battalion in the absence of 
Major Samson. He returned to his old company 
after the Argonne, but during the occupation on 
the Rhine was a.ssigned to the First Battalion as 
Assistant Battalion Commander and promoted to 
the rank of Major. Later he was chosen to be 
Brigade Adjutant and returned to the States with 
General Caldweli in this capacity. 



29 




CAPTAIN ROBERT SWINTON POSTLE 

Columbus, Ohio 




D 



. OC, though he is noisy and ob- 
streperous at times, is a great, 
big, overgrown, good natured, 
harmless boy. Like all other doctoi's, 
he dispenses Reveille Pills with reck- 
less abandon. But he is more than 
a doctor ; he is a musician. He, 
like Rankin, manufactures beautiful 
strains of melody on his ukulele, and 
in between pieces he dreams of the 
days that are to come. 

But there is one mystery in "Doc's" 
life which remains unsolved. Late 
one evening he retired to bed in a hotel in the little 
German town of Maychoss. When he woke up next 
morning and started to leave the room, he found 
that the door was locked. "Doc" whistled two or 
three times and then whispered : "Hey ! any of you 
fellows out there?" No answer. Again "Doc" 
whistled and added to his whistle a gentle knock 
on the door, and then .said: "Hey! are any of you 
fellows up yet?" Still no answer. (Had "Doc" 
been able to see behind the scenes he would have 
seen American officers dressing as they hurriedly 
and quietly made their way down the stairs.) But 
to resume the story, "Doc's" knocks on the door 
became less gentle, and rumor has it that shortly 
he burst into a song of profanity. Soon the pro- 
prietor of the hotel appeared outside the door and 
then ensued a conver.sation that has no equal in all 
the annals of man. "Doc," it mu.st be remembered, 



could not speak a word of German. The old Ger- 
man was unable to find a key, so the next scene con- 
sists of "Doc" descending from his room by way 
of a ladder which had been placed at his window. 
The "vvhole incident is to be deplored, for it left 
"Doc" in a bad frame of mind all day, not to men- 
tion losing out on breakfast. The perpetrator of 
this dastardly deed has never been discovered and 
his identity will doubtless remain one of the per- 
marent mysteries of the World War. 

The victim of the abo\'e mysterv was born in 
West Jefferson, Ohio, April 26, 1893. He attended 
the Columbus Public and High Schools and also 
Ohio State University. Later he took a profes- 
sional course in the Cincinnati Electic Medical Col- 
lege, after which he took up the practice of medi- 
cine in Columbus, where he succeeded in building 
up a lucrative practice. On the outbreak of the 
war. Doctor Postle offered his services to the Gov- 
ernment in his professional capacity, and was com- 
missioned a First Lieutenant in the United States 
Medical Corps. He was immediately assigned to 
the 42nd (Rainbow) Division, and on October 31st, 
1917, found himself on the way to France. In Lor- 
raine he served with the First Battalion, but was 
then detached to serve with the 165th Ambulance 
Section. He served the remainder of the war with 
that unit, passing thru Champagne, Chateau 
Thierrv, Saint Mihiel and the Argonne, rejoining 
the First Battalion on November 25th, 1918. He 
was promoted to a Captain on August 5th, 1918. 




30 




FIRST LIEUTENANT JOHN EARLY 

Battalion Adjutant 

Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts 




JULY 22nd, 1896, is said to have 
been a hot day in Massachusetts. 
As to the truth of this assertion we 
have the personal testimony of First 
Lieutenant "Jack" Early, who, on this 
particular day, claims to have been 
born in Newton Lower Falls, on the 
Charles River, famous both in history 
and in fiction. If environment has 
anything to do with the development 
of man, it is not surprising thai 
"Jack," who began life under such 
favorable atmospheric and geograph- 
ical conditions, should rise to a position of promi- 
nence in this, his country's hour of trial. 

Be that as it may, "Jack" received his early train- 
ing in the Public and High Schools of VVellesley, 
after which he boldly entered into the world of 
business. It is rumored that he acquired his in- 
imitable quality of accommodation as a grocery 
clerk, but this job he soon abandoned in favor of a 
more lucrative position as messenger boy, pay six 
dollars per week. Mis bright smile and accommo- 
dating attitude won him friends and soon we find 
him doing business in the order room of a broker- 
age firm, where he transmitted orders to buy and 
sell stock. While in this position it is said "Jack" 
made much money, but lost more. However, it is 
to his credit that he never allowed the results, good 
or bad, to mar his cheerful disposition. 

"Jack" always evinced a keen interest in public 
affairs, so it is not surprising that we find him 
studying the art of soldiering at Plattsburg as early 
as 1916. There with his usual plausibility he con- 
vinced himself that he would make an ideal soldier. 
Accordingly, when war loomed on the horizon he 
was among the first to volunteer, and May 12th, 
1917, found him at Plattsburg again. The same 
qualities which brought him success in business 
brought him success in the Officers' Training Camp, 
at the conclusion of which he was commissioned a 



Second Lieutenant. From Plattsburg "Jack" was 
shipped to Camp Devens, and from there on Sep- 
tember 5th, 1917, to Camp Mills to join the Rain- 
bow Division, then in process of formation. He 
was temporarily attached to the 165th Infantry, but 
after watching all the regiments come into camp, 
decided to cast his lot with the 166th Infantry. 
After Colonel Hough had looked him over he was 
assigned to Company L of the Third Battalion. He 
served with Company L in Lorraine, in Champagne, 
and at Chateau Thierry. In Champagne on July 
15th "Jack's" platoon bore the brunt of the German 
attack against his company and battalion. For his 
gallantry on this occasion he was recommended for 
the Legion of Honor. Many times in the 
war it has been reported that German soldiers dis- 
guised in French uniforms have approached our 
lines, but it remained for him to verify these stories 
by personal experience in the Champagne. Ger- 
mans dressed in French uniforms tried to gain en- 
trance into"Jack's" front line defenses, but the ruse 
failed because his suspicions were aroused by their 
refusal to talk or to surrender their arms, so he 
ordered his men to fire upon them. What happened 
then would best remain unprinted. 

On August 24th, 1918, "Jack" was assigned to the 
First Battalion as Battalion Adjutant. He came 
wearing an English garrison cap, but despite that 
handicap soon won the friendship and support of 
all the officers. In Saint Mihiel, in the Argonne, 
and before Sedan, he discharged his duties with 
marked efficiency, so much so that he is now re- 
garded as the best Battalion Adjutant in the regi- 
ment. He was promoted to a First Lieutenantcy on 
September 3rd. 1918. 

"Jack's" greatest quality is his ability to make any 
action he may want to take seem plausible. When 
occasion arises, he will argue that black is white, 
and if you do not watch your step he will convince- 
vou that it is. 



31 




FIRST LIEUTENANT ALISON REPPY 

Intelligence Officer 
Hillsboro, Missouri 




HE'S short, i-ed-haired and husky 
(some mig-ht even call him fat) ; 
he's cheery, good-natured and 
talkative (some might even call him 
too talkative, especially when con- 
\ersing on the Regular Army) ; he's 
clever, keen and critical (some might 
even call him cynical) ; he's gracious, 
gentlemanly and likes a good time 
(though some might think him penu- 
rious). Certainly he possesses all the 
attributes quite fully ; and, possibly, 
all the failures, — quite a little. 
"Baby" Alison was born on the eleventh of the 
merry month of May, in '93, in the little Missouri 
town of Hillsboro. The boy "Red" was graduated 
from the Public Schools of Hillsboro; the young 
man, "Rep," from the De Soto High and from the 
Missouri State Normal School; emerging, in 1916, 
a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri. 
His school days must have been very full. He played 
on the Varsity basketball, football and baseball 
teams. He represented the Cape Girardeau State 
Normal School and the University of Missouri in 
public speaking and debating in six state and three 
interstate contests. From Atchison, Kansas, where 
he was Athletic Coach in the High School, "Rep" 
went to Fort Riley on May 11, 1917. He was com- 
missioned a Second Lieutenant, and on the 12th of 
September we find him in Le Havre — "booked for 
the grand adventure, pledged to the real romance." 
After a course in the Infantry School at La Vall- 
bonne, "Rep" reached the Rainbow Division Decem- 
ber 4, 1917, and was assigned to Company C. On 
November 9, 1918, he was commissioned a First 
Lieutenant. 

On the Staff of the First Battalion he has been 
Gas Officer, Intelligence Officer, — in which position 
he conducted many successful patrols, — and, ver; 
lately, Acting Adjutant, all but Battalion Com- 
mander, and I doubt not at all, had the war 
lasted, but that one day a couple of fluttering Oak 



Leaves would have lighted on his husky shoulders. 

Speaking of his "huskiness" suggests that hot 
July day in Champagne when he helped unload an 
ammunition wagon, with balloons hanging almost 
over the front line. Undoubtedly the Boche ob- 
server admired "Rep" too much to smash him up, 
and may even ha\e secretly wished him a D. S. C, 
which G. H. Q., according to the prevailing custom, 
secretly set aside. 

Just prior to the signing of the Armistice, before 
Sedan, "Rep," "Speaking for America," delivered 
himself of a classic. It was extemporaneous, and 
in reply to a toast given by Colonel Deville, 252nd 
French Infantry, who referred to our earl.v debt to 
France. Here it is : "We realize our debt to France, 
which was incurred when Lafayette came to Amer- 
ica to help us win our independence. We are espe- 
cially glad of the opportunity to repay this obliga- 
tion in some small measure. We have mingled our 
blood with that of the heroic sons of France ; we 
hope that such mingling will serve to create a spirit 
of unity, of brotherhood and of love between the 
American and French peoples that shall last until 
the stars shall cease to twinkle, — until the sun shall 
cease to shine. We regard the French Army as the 
teacher of the American Army, and we will be 
proud, indeed, if, when we have returned home, 
the French Army and the French people think that 
we have performed our task well. We consider the 
French Army as the best in the world; we know 
that within the period of one century it has three 
times fought for Liberty, and we know that in the 
future as in the past it will ever be found lighting 
for the cause of Justice and Humanity. For these 
reasons it gives me much pleasure to propose a 
toast to France, the country which has so often 
fought to make men free." 

We all know, in the 166th, that some day "Rep" 
and his chuckle will leave for Missouri, but we all 
know just as surely that we will again hear of him 
— "Speaking for America." 

/;// Lt. John Euiii/, Adjt. 1st Bf. 166th Inf. 



32 




FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT McBRIDE BLAINE 

Liaison Officer 
2618 Albany Street, Houston, Texas 




BOBBY, Platoon Leader, Gas and 
Liaison Officer, was born in Tav- 
lor, Texas, March 12th, 1894, 
but early in his life, for some un- 
known reason, moved to Houston, 
where we find him attending Houston 
High School. He is next heard of in 
Texas University, where he won fame 
for himself and for his school thru his 
athletic prowess. For three years 
"Bobby" was an idol of the univer- 
sity on the football gridiron, on the 
basketball court and in the swimming 
pool. But his activities were not only athletic; 
they extended to the social realm. We know that 
he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity, 
one of the strongest organizations of its kind in the 
South. While we were not personally acquainted 
with "Bobby" in his university days, we have heard 
that then, as now, his winsome smile made him a 
favorite with the ladies, and that no party was 
complete without his presence. 

But, unfortunately, "Bobby's" university days 
were cut suddenly short by the entrance of the 
United States in 'the World War in April. 1917. 
"Bobby" was one of that great number of crusaders, 
of master spirits, that answered the call imme- 
diately, and May 8, 1917, found him in the Officers 
Training Camp at Camp Funston, Leon Springs, 
Texas. Three short, vigorous, intensive months 
of training transformed "Bobby" the boy into 
"Bobby" the man, and on August 15th, 1917, he 
was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the 
United States Army. On September 12th he. with 
many other young officers selected because of pecu- 
liar aptitude for further training, set sail for 



France. The mission of these men was to .show the 
world that America could fight. On reaching 
France, "Bobby" attended first a General Infantry 
School, and second a Specialty School, at La Val- 
bonne, Ain, France. There he made a high stand- 
ing, as a result of which he was selected with a 
picked group of men sent to instruct the famous 
42nd (Rainbow) Division. The days of instruc- 
tion ended, "B(jbby" remained with the division and 
has seen service in Lorraine, Champagne, on the 
Marne, at Saint Mihiel, and in the Argonne. 

"Bobby" the soldier is always brave, steady and 
efficient. There are times when "he is late," but as 
"Bobb\'" always says in reply to criticisms of this 
quality, "I always get there." Painstaking, con- 
scientious, leliable, that is "Bobby" all over. As a 
Gas Officer he was a complete failure ; as a Liaison 
Officer he was and is a success. In battle when shot 
and shell were Hying, "Bobby" kept the Pride of 
Delaware County, Major James A. Samson, advised 
of his battalion's whereabouts at all times, with so 
much efficiency that he was recommended for the 
D. S. C. and promoted to a First Lieutenancy. But, 
if possible, "Bobby" is greater in peace liaison 
work. Painfully blunt at times, at other times he 
is smooth and suave, getting what he wants with 
ease and facility. If there is something good to 
eat to be bought, if there is athletic equipment to 
secure, if a pass is wanted, "Bobby" becomes a 
veritable diplomat, exercising his Southern man- 
ners and Southern drawl and at the same time 
decorating each with that most persuasive and 
mischievous of smiles. Serious in business, reckless 
in pleasure, unselfish in extravagance, loyal unto 
death, — that is "Bobbv." 



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[First Lieutenant) 
Aquinas College, 557 Mount Vernon Ave., Columbus, Ohio 



N the First Battalion we have al- 
ways thought of Father Carpen- 
tier as "ours" — and so it has 
been in the Second and Third Bat- 
talions of the Regiment, so even in 
the 165th, the 167th. the 149th and 
the 117th. Universally loved and 
known, he seemed ever to be about 
at the times and places in which the 
inspiring example' of devotion and 
courage were such a boon to his fel- 
lows. 

Father Carpentier was born in 
Rennes. France, March 28th, 1887, the son of G. 
J. N. Carpentier, a Captain of Artillery in the 
French Army, now an Ordnance Engineer for the 
United States Navy and recognized as one of the 
first artillery authorities of our country. A short 
time ago after his birth he came with his father 
to the States, attending boarding school at Quebec, 
Canada, thence to St. Charles College in Baltimore, 
receiving later the Degree of Master of Arts from 
the Catholic University at Washington, D. C, pur- 
suing further theological studies at the Dominican 
House of Studies in that city. The remaining four 
years, prior to entering the service, of Father Car- 
pentier's uneventful (as he has it) career were 
spent in the teaching of mathematics at Aquinas 
College, Columbus, Ohio ; the while Assistant Prie.st 
at St. Fi'ancis' Parish in that city. 

On the 1.5th of January. 1918, Father Carpentier 
was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the Chap- 
lain's Corps and sent to the Chaplain School at 
Fortress Munroe, subsequently to the Infantry Re- 
placement Division in France, and finally to the 
42nd Division in May, 1918. His assignment was 
to the 117th Sanitary Train, though his work was, 
in addition, with three regiments of Infantry and 
one of Artillery, having no priests. Father Car- 
pentier participated in every Major Operation of 
the Division, in the Aisne-Marne defensive and 



offensive with the 167th Infantry, in the St. Mihiel 
offensive with the 165th Infantry and in both 
phases of the Meuse-Argonne offensive with our 
battalion and regiment. 

From the 167th Infantry Father Carpentier re- 
ceived the following citations: "Chaplain Carpen- 
tier, during engagement of this organization north 
of Chateau-Thierry, where an enormous amount of 
artillery and machine guns were massed by the 
enemy in an endeavor to stop the advance of 
American troops, at great danger to himself, 
searched for and found many wounded American 
soldiers. By his unselfish devotion to duty and dis- 
regard for dangers and hardships he not only set 
an inspiring example to the men but saved the 
lives of many American soldiers. Under terrific 
artillery and machine gun fire he worked his way 
along our front lines, in addition to dressing 
wounded men and locating our own and the 
enemy's lines, he later crossed shell-swept ground 
conveying important information to the battalion 
commander." 

Best of all, on the 4th of June, 1919, he received 
the Distinguished Service Cross with the following 
citation : "Chaplain George Carpentier is awarded 
the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary 
heroism in action near Cheveuges, France, Novem- 
ber 7, 1918. Volunteering for the service, he ac- 
companied a patrol as interpreter, and later, when 
our troops encountered stubborn resistance and 
sustained heavy casualties, he established a dress- 
ing station and under heavy shell-fire administered 
to the wounded and dying, continuing this service 
after he himself had been twice wounded." 

To the many who were privileged to close asso- 
ciation with Father Carpentier, through the time 
that tried men's souls, will always remain happy 
recollections of counsel and help ; and when our 
minds revert to scenes and incidents w-e cannot — 
and would not — forget, the memory of him will al- 
ways be an inspiration. 



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MARCUS EVERETT LINDSAY 

Y. M. C. A. Secretary 
Pocatello, Idaho 




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R. LINDSAY, coming to us near 

the close of the struggle at 

Chateau Thierry, found that 

the officers and men had but little 

faith in the institution which he came 

to repi'esent. 

Mr. Lindsay saw the condition and, 
ofl'ered no excuses, either for himself 
organization for which he 
Instead, he quietly went to 
He circulated among the men, 
them advice, writing letters 
for them, securing tobacco, candy, 
chocolate and jam, whenever it was at all possible 
— and, what was of much greater importance from 
the standpoint of moral efl'ect, he lived the same 
life as the men. When they marched, he marched 
with them ; when they slept on the wet ground, he 
slept by their sides ; when they dug in, he dug in 
with them — in short, what was good enough for 
them was good enough for him. What it was 
humanly possible to do he did, what supplies were 
available he got, but his was not the blame if the 
Y. M. C. A. system of transpoi'tation and distribu- 
tion fell down at the crucial moment. And, history 
will show that the source of the feeling of antago- 
nism which the Y. M. C. A. engendered in all ranks 
was the product of over-advertising. A man who 
blows his own trumpet is never popular. Had the 
Y. M. C. A. done the same work it has done, or 
one-third as much, and said nothing about it, it 
would today be a popular institution in the 
Army. For in the rear, in some instances on 
the front, it has done excellent work, — work which, 
minus exaggeration and over-advertising, the 
American soldier would roadily have appreciated. 
But even in the face of th( se conditions. Mr. Lind- 



say, by his untiring and unselfish effort, did much 
to redeem the name of the Y. M. C. A. in the First 
Battalion. 

Marcus E. Lindsay was born August 17, 1884, at 
Bloomfield, Nebraska. He attended the Grammar 
and High Schools at Niobrara, Nebraska, graduat- 
ing in May, 1902. He then became a student in the 
Bellevue College, located at Bellevue, Nebraska, re- 
ceiving an A.B. Degree from that institution in 
June, 1907. Princeton Seminary then claimed him 
as a theological student until May, 1910, when he 
became the Pastor of Soda Springs and Montpelier 
Churches in Idaho. He remained for two years, 
leaving in April, 1912. when he became Pastor of 
the Bethany Presbyterian Church. Boise, Idaho. 
There he served three years, and then took up work 
in the First Presbyterian Church at Pocatello, 
Idaho, where the war overtook him. 

Tho beyond the age limit of a soldier, and bur- 
dened with a family, Mr. Lindsay was unable to 
resist the call to service and was unwilling to miss 
the opiX)rtunity for good which existed in the field 
of war. So, May 20, 1918. he enlisted in the Y. M. 
C. A. for overseas' work, reached France June 28th, 
and was immediately assigned to the 42nd (Rain- 
bow) Division. He joined the 166th Infantry at 
Chateau Thierrv, and was permanentlv assigned to 
the First Battalion September 22, 1918. 

There he has won a lasting place in the hearts of 
both the men and officers — a fact due to his un- 
selfish devotion to duty, to his spirit of helpfulness 
toward the men, to his moral courage as shown by 
his continued presence with the men even under 
fire. His one failing is an extraordinary appetite 
for chicken — but a man with so many other good 
qualities may be excused for that weakness, espe- 
cially when you take into consideration his past 
work as a preacher. 



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HISTORY OF BATTALION HEADQUARTERS 



The Intelligence Section of the First Battalion 
was organized in February, 1918. by Second Lieu- 
tenant H. S. Maloney, while the battalion was 
located in the vicinity of Courcelles. It consisted 
of one sergeant, scout; two corporals, scouts; 
twelve privates, scouts ; one sergeant, observer ; ten 
privates, observers ; two sergeants or corporals, 
snipers. These men were required to devote their 
entire attention to intelligence work and were 
trained as scouts, observers and snipers. The func- 
tion of the section as a whole was to secure informa- 
tion of the enemy concerning such things as his 
movements, strength and position. The scout 
sought this end by carrying out patrols — mostly 
under cover of darkness. The observer organized 
an observation post on the highest available ground 
and, equipped with glasses and maps, saw every 
movement of the enemy, any change in his fortifica- 
tions, and recorded the same. The snipers' work 
was of a destructive nature — to kill, to so worry the 
enemy that he would be unable to successfully carry 
on his work of observation. 

Lieutenant Maloney was in charge of the section 
then in Lorraine, Champagne and Chateau Thierry, 
after which he returned to the United States. The 
section was then reorganized by First Lieutenant 
Ali.son Reppy, who i-emained in charge until the end 
of hostilities. 

The Liaison Section was organized by First 
Lieutenant Robert Blaine in the same place and at 
the same time as the Intelligence Section. It con- 
sisted of four men from each company. They were 



trained in the semaphore, lamp signalling, — in 
short, in every form of communication, their func- 
tion being to keep the battalion commander in 
liaison with each company, with the regiment, and 
with troops which might be on either Hank. It is 
well known that in battles all mechanical ineans of 
communication break down and then the liaison 
man becomes a runner, who must brave shot and 
shell to carry information and orders. Under 
Lieutenant Blaine's leadership the Liaison Section 
performed this task well, thus greatly adding to the 
efficiency of the battalion. 

The Office Force consists of two men, Sergeant- 
Major George M. Ward, recently commissioned Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, and Corporal George W. Lynch. 
Their function is to receive and transmit orders, as 
prescribed by the battalion commander, to consoli- 
date reports from the companies, — in short, to 
handle all clerical work in connection with Bat- 
talion Headquarters. The two men above men- 
tioned have faithfully and efficiently carried out 
this work — a work no less essential than that of 
digging a trench or stabbing a German with a 
bayonet. 

The Mounted Orderlies had the task of keeping 
up liaison with Regimental Headquarters. They 
carried morning reports, messages and orders, tak- 
ing them to their destination much faster than they 
could be borne by the runner. In addition to the.se 
duties they cared for the horses of the Adjutant 
and Battalion Commander. 



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HISTORY OF MEDICAL DETACHMENT 



The Medical Corps of the 166th Infantry was 
organized in Delaware, Ohio, under the command 
of Major Angus Maclvor, Marysville, Ohio, and 
first consisted of three officers and twenty-four pri- 
vates. The unit was ordered with tlie regiment to 
Camp Perry, arriving there August 13, 1917. 
There, lil\e other units, it was reorganized and en- 
larged. Some of the new men enlisted, but most of 
them came from other National Guard medical 
units. There was no further change in the per- 
sonnel of the Regimental Corps until the First and 
Seco'nd Battalions sailed for France, when it be- 
came necessary for one officer and a part of the men 
to remain with the Third Battalion. 

When the first contingents of the regiment 
reached France and took station in the Seventh 
Training Area, near Oey and Chennevieres, the 
Medical Corps was again divided, part going to the 
First and part to the Second Battalions. To the 
First Battalion came Captain Harry D. Jackson, 
Circleville, Ohio, Sergeant Newton D. Peters and 
nine privates. After the famous Winter Hike of 
1917, which extended from December I'Zth to De- 
cember 31st, and which brought us to the Fourth 
Training Area around Noidant and Courcelles, Cap- 
tain Jackson was called to Regimental Headciuar- 
ter.s, being replaced by Lieutenant Franklin D. 
Postle. When the regiment went into the trenches 
on February 22nd Captain Jackson was once more 
in command. When the battalion left the sector 
half of the personnel under the command of Lieu- 
tenant Postle was on duty with Companies A and B 
in Moyen, while the other half was unde; Sergeant 
Peters with Companies C and D in Vallois. 



March 2, 1918, the battalion moved to the Bac- 
carat Sector, served one hitch in the trenches, and 
then withdrew to Baccarat, where B and C Com- 
panies were Cjuartered in the Ho.xa Barracks, and 
A and the Machine Gun Companies were in Veney. 
There Lieutenant Postle was relieved by Lieutenant 
Russel H. Paden, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, 
who remained until May 3rd, being in turn relieved 
by Lieutenant, now Captain, R. S. Postle, when the 
battalion went to the trenches the second time. 
While stationed in Migneville Lieutenant Po.stle 
was badly gassed while doctoring some gassed 
French Artillerymen and May 27th he went to the 
hospital. The Sanitary Detachment was then placed 
under the command of Captain L. D. James, who 
came from Base Hospital Number 31 on May 27, 
1918. 

While the battalion was in reserve in Vaxainville 
an epidemic of three-day fever broke out. Captain 
James displayed great initiative and ability in or- 
ganizing a temporary hospital, in which he cared 
for the patients, who numbered about thirtv. 

On June 19, 1918, the battalion left Baccarat for 
the Champagne. While located at St. Hilare-au- 
Temple Captain James was ordered back to Base 
Hospital Number 31 on June 29th. Once more 
Captain Harry D. Jackson came to the front, and, 
assisted by Captain James Rowland from the 16.5th 
Ambulance Company, piloted the First Battalion 
thru the terrible days in Champagne. Captain 
Jackson returned to Regimental Headquarters 
later, leaving Captain Rowland in charge. He re- 
mained in command of the Medical Detachment 
thru the Chateau Thierry, Saint Mihiel and the 



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Meuse-Argonne Offensives, being returned to his 
former unit, the 165th Ambulance Company, on 
November 26th. In Saint Mihiel he was assisted 
by First Lieutenant W. Jaracz. 

The officers and men of the battalion regretted 
his loss very much, for he was a brave, efficient 
officer and a gentleman of the highest character. 

Captain Rowland was relieved at Ripweiler, 
LuxeiTibourg, November 25th, by Lieutenant R. S. 
Postle, who had been on duty with the 168th Am- 
bulance Company. He remained in command until 
the battalion was mustered out. 

The primary function of this unit is to look after 
the health of the battalion, but in battle its function 
changes, and it carries on iirst-aid work — a delicate 
and a dangerous task. The Medical Corps has per- 
formed its task well. In this opinion all concur. 
Of the work of the officers and men in this capacity 
too much in praise cannot be said. To us who know 



the war from actual contact, the boys in the Medi- 
cal Corps are as truly soldiers as those who car- 
ried the rifle. 

The personnel of the Medical Corps remained 
practically unchanged after leaving the Baccarat 
Sector. It is as follows : 

Serijennta — 

Newton D. Peters Sandusky, Ohio 

Edgar E. Prose Cireleville, Ohio 

Prii'ates, Ist Cliiss — 

Harold H. McDevitt Mount Vernon Ohio 

Priralcx — 

.John H. Monk Dehiware. Ohio 

Clesse M. Turner Denver, Colo. 

Martin Walker Toledo, Ohio 

.James A. Woodruff C'olunihus. Ohio 

James Rozzi New Castle, Penna. 

George Dennis Cardiiigton, Ohio 

R. M. Brown Delaware, Ohio 

H. S. Brown Delaware, Ohio 

F. S. Peid Dt laware, Ohio 




RECORD OF 

The First Battalion Wagon Train was first or- 
ganized as such when the regiment moved from the 
Fourth to the Seventh Training Area. From there 
on it became an important factor in the work of 
the battalion. Early in the game the drivers in the 
train showed magnificent spirit. In Lorraine they 
delivered both food and ammunition under shell 
fire. In Champagne the good work continued, — 
how the leader of the train. Corporal Ralph Grubbs, 
drove up and delivered ammunition at the dump 
under direct observation and in the midst of a bom- 
bardment is well remembered by members of the 
First Battalion. And what he did others have 
done in the subsequent campaigns — Chateau 
Thierry, Saint Mihiel and in the Argonne. The 
men in the wagon train ai'e always the first out in 
the morning and the last in at night. They meet 
up with many difficulties,— perhaps a wheel or the 
harness breaks, or the wagon gets stuck in the 
mud. And about all this work there is none of the 
thrill of the charge in battle,- — it is a slow, steady 
grind. The First Battalion has been fortunate in 
having a good wagon train, the efficiency of which 



WAGON TRAIN 

has made it possible for the men to be fed under the 
most adverse conditions. 

Members of First Battalion Wagon Train : 

('orpnrnls — 

Ralph (irubs Gahanna, Ohio 

Wdl/otit rs — 

Ohed Cronover Man.sfield, Ohio 

Clyde Hixson Youngstown, Ohio 

Edward Ruple Cleveland, Ohio 

Earl Anderson Warren, Ohio 

Thomas MoCracken Marysville, Ohio 

Cieorge Metzger Youngstown, Ohio 

Robert Baxter Lima, Ohio 

Everett JJaughn Columbus, Ohio 

Rav Jaeobs Prospeet, Ohio 

Herbert O'Toole ZanesviUe, Ohio 

William (irundtiseh Upper .Sandusky, Ohio 

Charles Bingham .Jefferson ville. Ind. 

Forest Herron ZanesviUe, Ohio 

Samuel Shaw Kenton, Ohio 

Prii'ates — 

.James Forth Zora, Mo. 

Curtis Koeler Columbus, Ohio 

Meyer Zorei Columbus, Ohio 

Clevis Alhson ZanesviUe, Ohio 

Earnest Fontenot Welsh, Louisiana 

Carl Belts Fostoria, Ohio 

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SECTION III 



COMPANY "A" 



Preliminary History 



Company A. 4th Ohio Infantry, was first re- 
cruited and mustered into service in Cardington, 
Ohio, June 2nd, 1916, by Captain Virgil W. Peck. 
The company was ordered to the Mexican Border 
on June 19th, 1916. July 2nd it went from Card- 
ington to Camp Willis, leaving there for the border 
August 29th, and arriving September 3rd. The 
officers at this time were Captain Virgil W. Peck, 
First Lieutenant John Burr and Second Lieutenant 
John Records. 

The company returned from the border February 
15th, 1917, and was mustered out March ;>rd at 
Fort Wayne, Detroit. July 15th, 1917, the com- 
pany was again mobilized ; it was mustered in July 
27th, and drafted into the Federal Service August 
5th. August loth, 1917. it reported to Camp Perry, 
where the 166th Infantry was being mobilized. 



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^DDIE" is first and above all a 
3ader of men — a field leader 
of men. If you ask him what 
he has done in this war he will tell 
you that he has followed the line of 
least resistance, but if you aslv the 
men of Company C what he did they 
will tell you how amidst the shambles 
of Chateau Thierry he was cool and 
collected; how he kept his men to- 
gether; how he assigned portions of 
the adjoining units to their proper 
positions in the line; and, finally, how 
he saved the life of a doughboy. The soldier in 
question was from the 16.5th Infantry, had been 
shot thru the neck and as a result was paralyzed, 
so he was therefore powerless to help himself. He 
was lying out in the open and covered by machine- 
gun fire. Captain Coyle, then a First Lieutenant, 
was preparing to withdraw his position slightly in 
order to avoid possible shorts from the artillery 
when the man said: "You are not going to leave 
me, are you?" To which Coyle replied: "I cannot 
take you now ; I will come and get you after dark." 
The man said : "I will die before that time ; I have 
been lying here a day and a half now." The Cap- 
tain then took one man. Private Nels 0. Becken, 
and in a hail of artillery and machine-gun fire 
rushed out, picked up the man, and carried him 
into safety. For this he was recommended for a 
D. S. C. Shortly after, Coyle was promoted to 
Captain and transferred to Company A. Con- 
tinuing his fine work here, he led this company with 



characteristic energy thru the Saint Mihiel and 
Meuse-Argonne off'ensives, at one time refusing to 
be sent to the rear, altho threatened with pneu- 
monia. He overcame the fever and stayed with the 
outfit until the Armistice was signed, but con- 
tracted a peculiar case of rheumatism from having 
exposed himself in such a weakened condition. 
After a spell in the hospital Eddie recovered his 
good health and rejoined us in Germany. 

Captain Coyle was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- 
vania, July 30, 1890. He was educated in the 
Haverford Grammar School, Lawrenceville Acad- 
emy, and in Cornell University. After leaving 
school, he became a mechanic in the Buick Motor 
Company at Flint, Michigan. Having acquired a 
thorough knowledge of machines, he later accepted 
a position as salesman with the G. T. Overbold 
Mcttor Sales Company, whose chief commodity was 
the Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck. 

In 1916 Captain Coyle went to Plattsburg. after 
which he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. 
He was assigned to active duty on May 8, 1917, at 
Fort Niagara, New York, to assist in training new 
officers. At the conclusion of the first camp lie was 
made a First Lieutenant and selected to sail for 
France innnediately. He left New York for France 
on September 12, 1917, where he arrived on Octo- 
ber 2nd, with many other young officers sent 
abroad for further instruction. He attended both 
the General Infantry and Specialty Schools at La 
Valbonne, Ain, France, after which he was sent as 
an instructor to the 42nd (Rainbow) Division. He 
was made a Captain on September .3, 1918. 



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'HEN Lieutenant DeLacy — 
alias "Irish" — first came to us 
he was reticent, a bit hard to 
get acquainted with. Life, if we may 
be pardoned for saying so, was a Ht- 
tle too serious a proposition. But 
under the strain and pressure of war 
Irish has loosened up; has learned 
the art of mingling with his fellow 
men, which fact, coupled with his 
ready wit, displayed in good stories, 
or in short, snappy, caustic remarks, 
makes his presence highly desir- 
able on any and every occasion. Members of the 
First Battalion will never forget the New Year's 
celebration at Haus Ernich on the Rhine, when 
Irish said: "I'm glad this damned year is over 
with." When he uttered those words he certainly 
expressed the sentiments of everyone. 

It is unusual to find two great field leaders in 
one company, but Company A, 166th Infantry, 
boasts of two such men in Captain Edwin Coyle 
and First Lieutenant Aubrey DeLacy. Early in 
the game of war Irish established a record as a 
daring patrol leader. How he and Chuck Basker- 
ville went on a patrol in the Ancerviller Sector and 
got caught between our own and enemy barrages 
is one of the extraordinary experiences of the 
war. In Chateau Thierry he displayed great ability 
in manoeuvring his company. It was he who led 
that famous American counter-attack on Seringes. 
But fate decreed that he should win immortal fame 
at Haumont, in the Saint Mihiel Sector. On the 
night of September 26, 1918, the Americans put 
down a heavy artillery preparation as a feint to 
aid in surprising the Germans on the Verdun front. 
At dawn he led out a daylight patrol in order to 
•gain contact with the enemy. He was caught under 



a hea\y barrage and was opposed by machine-gun 
fire, but in spite of all these obstacles he pushed on, 
entered the town and took two prisoners from 
whom he gained much valuable information. No 
man in the American Expeditionary Forces de- 
served a Distinguished Service Cross more than 
Irish, and he got it with the following citation from 
General Pershing: 

"For extraordinary heroism in action near Hau- 
mont. France, 27 September, 1918. Leading a day- 
light patrol into the town to ascertain whether or 
not it was still occupied by the enemy, Lieutenant 
DeLacy came under heavy machine gun fire. 
Against greatly superior numbers, he continued 
forward, and, entering the town, took two prisoners 
from whom he gained valued information." 

Lieutenant DeLacy also received a similar cita- 
tion from Marshal Petain, together with the Croix 
de Guerre from the French Government. 

"Irish" was born in Harlem, New York City, 
September 7, 1890. After completing High School 
he went to work for S. F. Bowser and Companj'. 
There his history is a story of continued success. 
He rose from an office boy to become an e.xpert 
salesman and a shark on advertising. When the 
war broke out "Irish" hurried to Plattsburg and 
at the close of camp was commissioned a Second 
Lieutenant. He was ordered to France imme- 
diately, where he attended the British 5th Corps 
School at Vauchelles. He was then assigned to 
Company L, 16th Infantry, 1st Division, and served 
a hitch with that division in the Sommerville Sec- 
tor, near Nancy. Later he was transferred to the 
42nd (Rainbow) Division and assigned to Com- 
pany A, 166th Infantry, with which he has served 
in Champagne, Chateau Thierry, Saint Mihiel and 
in the Argonne. "Irish" was promoted on Sep- 
tember 7th, 1918. 



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FIRST LIEUTENANT MICHAEL FREDERICK ROCKEL 

Mexico and Dunkirk Streets, St. Albans, 
Long Island, New York 




FIRST LIEUTENANT MICHAEL 
FREDERICK ROCKEL was born 
in Brooklyn, New York, March 7, 
1894, and in many ways he is a true 
representative of that city. "Mike" 
hadn't been with our outfit very long 
before he gained a very enviable 
reputation as an exceptionally valu- 
i—^ able officer and one whose middle 
\)\ name was "Efficiency." Whether it 
^^•7 was some involved point relative to 
guard duty or the description of an 
automatic rifle, when the data was 
handed out by Rockel it could be relied upon as 
being absolutely correct and as per the book. In 
the Meuse-Argonne offensive, when his company 
was to flank the town of St. Georges, Rockel in- 
sisted on being put in charge of one of the leading 
platoons, showing not only his sincerity, but true 
faithfulness to duty. 

In the "paper war" recently waged on the Rhine 
he has distinguished himself as a master of drill 
and of formation for formal occasions. Not only 
that ; he has proved of invaluable aid to Company A 
in the matter of paper work, of which he has a 
thorough knowledge, by reason of his former ex- 
perience as a regimental Sergeant-Major. DeLacy, 
realizing that the war had been none too kind to 



the Company records, said, "If it weren't for Rockel 
we'd never get on that boat." Rockel attacked the 
mess and cleared up things in fine style so that 
Company A made the boat with the rest of them. 
On this big task he worked hard and faithfully, 
and too much praise for what he has done cannot 
be given. 

Having been born in New York, Michael at- 
tended the Public and High Schools of Brooklyn, 
after which he took up clerical work with the 
Kountze Brothers Banking Firm. He left this 
work to enlist in the 2:>rd New York Infantry, 
National Guard, on April 14, 1916, with which or- 
ganization he went to the Mexican Border. He re- 
turned January 17, 1917, but on March 3rd he en- 
tered the service again with the same regiment, 
this time going to Camp Wadsworth, South Caro- 
lina. There he remained until he sailed for France 
on May 9, 1918. While at Camp Wadsworth he 
attended an Officers Training School and on his 
arrival in France he was commissioned and as- 
signed to the 42nd Division, which unit he joined 
just after Chateau Thierry. He served thru Saint 
Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensives, estab- 
lishing a record for courage and efficiency. He 
was promoted to a First Lieutenantcv on Novem- 
ber 5, 1918. 




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FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES BASKERVILLE, JR. 

611 West 110th Street 
New York City 



IT was at Camp Mills that Lieutenant "Chuck" 
Baskerville became identified with Company 
A, and during the days of training that fol- 
lowed here he was given full opportunity to dem- 
onstrate the whole bag of military tricks he had 
recently acquired at Plattsburg. It wasn't long 
before he was recognized as a veritable personifi- 
cation of energy and enthusiasm, these two quali- 
ties, so essential to the make-up of a successful 
oflScer, continuing in evidence throughout his en- 
tire career. 

When the outfit arrived in France Captain Peck 
went off to school and the Colonel entrusted the 
company to Lieutenant Baskerville. The problems 
of a company commander at this time were not of 
the simplest nature, for it was here that the real 
conditioning of the men began. Furthei'more, this 
period included the big hike to the new training 
area, a hike unprecedented in hardships and diffi- 
culties, and particularly trying on those responsible 
for the welfare of the men. 

"Chuck's" natural characteristics proved of great 
value when we finally faced the enemy during our 
course of instruction in the trenches and later dur- 
ing the major operations in which he participated. 
He made an energetic patrol leader and had several 



"interesting" experiences while acting in this ca- 
pacity. — he will undoubtedly never forget the oc- 
casion when he and DeLacy with a patrol of twenty- 
six men were caught in the German wire between 
our own and enemy barrages. 

In the Champagne defensive he was painfully 
wounded directing men to dugouts when the big 
guns opened fire on our lines, but he stuck with the 
outfit not only throughout the operation but right 
on into the Aisne-Marne offensive which followed. 
While on the Ourcq he was forced to expose him- 
self to a severe gassing while transmitting impor- 
tant messages, but although this, together with the 
effects of his wound, left hiin in a serious condition, 
he was sent to the rear against his will and only 
after being so ordered by the battalion commander. 
Unfortunately Lieutenant Baskerville never recov- 
ered his health sufficiently to return to line duty, 
l3ut he was always with us in thought. 

Lieutenant Charles Baskerville, Jr., was born in 
Raleigh, N. C, April 16, 1896. When war was de- 
clared by America he was a Sophomore at Cornell 
College, being a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity. 
He immediately enlisted in the Officers' Reserve 
Training Corps at Platt.sburg, N. Y., where he was 
commissioned as First Lieutenant. 




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SECOND LIEUTENANT LEE B. KORTZ 

(Killed in Action, July 27th, WIS) 

101 North Bridge Street 
Fort Dodge, Iowa 



IF he hadn't turned out that golden mustache 
there wouldn't have been any reason to call 
him "Dutch," but it did the trick of Teuton- 
izing his appearance. His real christening under 
that nickname came at Moyen in March, 1918, when 
he decided to pose for his photograph with his 
barracks cap on backward against the wall in the 
historic old fortress where the German spy was 
shot in 1914. From that day on Second Lieuten- 
ant Lee B. Kortz was known to his friends as 
"Dutch." 

At tlie first Officers' Training Camp at Fort 
Snelling he won his commission and was soon after 
ordered to the Rainljow Division in the original 
ciuota of reserve officers. On September 12, 1917, 
among the new officers added to the roster of Com- 
pany A was Lieutenant Kortz. Almost immedi- 
ately he made a reputation as an original and ener- 
getic bayonet instructor. His platoon fairly ate 
that "blood on the bayonet stuff." 

During December, 1917, the first officers' train- 
ing detail to be ordered after the division's arrival 
overseas was sent to Gondrecourt to the First Corps 
Infantry School, and along with Captain Peck, then 
commanding Company A, w^ent Kortz, with many 
others, to absorb the newest A. E. F. Infantry 
tactics. 

In the St. Clement Sector the Third platoon of 
Company A, which looked upon Lieutenant Kortz, 
their leader, as an officer beyond compare, took 
over a section of trenches on Washington's birth- 



day, 1918. In the Baccarat Sector "Dutch" did 
some patrolling, always followed by his able assist- 
ant. Sergeant "Scotty" Russell. He also held that 
particularly wet sector, G. C. No. 7, out in front 
of Ancerviller, during a heavy enemy artillery 
strafing. The more serious days came later in the 
Champagne, where "Dutch" and "Irish" DeLacy 
had their platoons in a line of trenches, which af- 
forded a disheveled bandstand for a post of com- 
mand. The only shelter that they had from the 
terrific Bastile Day bombardment was a shack that 
was scarcely rocket-proof, and certainly it was for- 
tune and not their ceiling, which saved them from 
the shells. 

Kidding his men along and keeping them cheer- 
ful was one of Lieutenant Kortz's specialties, and 
he kept it up until the night of July 27th, when 
nothing could cheer them, for he was taken away. 
It was in the Foret de Fere, during that heavy 
shelling, which every man in the battalion remem- 
bers, that he was hit. He was planning to better 
the position of his platoon by moving it when that 
giant projectile, which so depleted the ranks of 
Company B, burst some forty yards away, wound- 
ing him mortally. 

Thus was this courageous young officer cut down 
while exposing himself in search of safety for the 
men under his command. LIpon such noble sacri- 
fice to duty as that of Lieutenant Kortz are built 
the glorious traditions of the soldiers who give 
their all in the cause of Liberty. 



45 




SECOND LIEUTENANT FRANK HENRY KASSEN 

Naburn, Missouri 



FRANK came to us at a bad time. 
We were lying in the woods just 
prior to advancing into the 
Meuse-Argonne offensive when he 
quietly — Frank always did things 
without much fuss — walked into our 
midst. The outfit had been through 
considerable, so it may safely be as- 
sumed that he wasn't very favorably 
impres.sed with our mud-stained and 
M worn condition, not to mention the 

1^^ innumerable cooties which were in 

"""^^ unusual evidence. But Kassen kept 
his impressions to himself, accepting conditions as 
he found them, and it wasn't very long before he 
was one of us, — mud, cooties, and all. The men of 
his platoon immediately recognized Kassen as a 
real leader, an officer who could be depended upon 
to look after their interests at all times. 

A few nights later Kassen was holding a front 
line position that was heavily bombarded, and dur- 
ing this severe trial displayed remarkable calmness, 
presence of mind, and disregard for personal 
safety. And many times thereafter he showed that 
the confidence placed in him by his men was more 
than justified. 

When we finally got to the Rhine, Kassen further 
displayed his intuition as a soldier by his mastery 
of close-order drills and guard duty. Make Frank 
"0. D." with a fair-sized guard to play with and 
you have a perfectly contented officer. He will take 
"the guard out, march it around, inspect it, police 
it up. and make it go through the wrinkles provided 
for in the Infantry drill regulations, and a few 



others besides. But in spite of this hobby "Shag" 
(that is what he is called in Missouri), is a prime 
favorite among the officers and men. 

The story of Lieutenant Kassen's (he was then 
a platoon sergeant) work as a patrol leader in the 
famous 35th Division is one which has only come 
to light after much probing. The division was hold- 
ing the Robinson Sector on the Lorraine front. On 
July 24th, at daybreak. Lieutenant Kassen led two 
platoons over the top in a raid on the German 
trenches. The party reached its objective and took 
seven prisoners, but in returning had thirty-two 
men wounded, two of whom died later. During the 
course of the raid Lieutenant Kassen remained 
calm, cool and collected at all times, displaying good 
judgment and excellent leadership. For this gal- 
lant piece of work he was recommended for the 
Orticers' Training School. 

Lieutenant Kassen was born in Naburn, Mis- 
souri, June 5, 1897. After completing the Public 
and High schools, he answered the call of the farm. 
Thei'e he remained in seclusion until he entered 
the Old 4th Missouri Infantry, November 26th, 
1915. He went to the border with that organiza- 
tion and returned in March, 1917. On August 5th. 
1917, he reported to his organization at Fort Sill, 
Oklahoma, and on the 27th of April. 1918. set .sail 
for France. There he served a hitch in the trenches 
with the .35th Division, after which he was sent to 
the Officers' Training School at Langres. At the 
conclusion of the school he was commissioned a Sec- 
ond Lieutenant and assigned to the 42nd (Rain- 
bow) Division, which he ioined in the Bois de Mt. 
Faucon, on October 6th. 1918. 



46 




SECOND LIEUTENANT ERNEST H. BROSCHART 




1020 Tribune Building 
Chicago, III. 



B 



ORN July 8, 1886. in Washing- 
ton, Pennsylvania. Second Lieu- 
tenant Earnest Broschart early 
moved to Gas City, Indiana. There 
he attended the Public and High 
Schools, completing his education by 
taking a business course in the Busi- 
ness College at Marion. Indiana. 

At the age of eighteen years he 
went to Chicago and took a position 
with the American Bridge Company, 
remaining in this employ for five and 
one-half years. He then accepted a 
position with John P. Marsh and Company. There 
he sold real estate and mortgages and made loans. 
He remained with that company for seven years. 

September 19th, 1917, Lieutenant Broschart en- 
listed as a private at Camp Grant, Illinois, being 
assigned to Company B of the .333rd Machine Gun 
Battalion. After six weeks he was transferred to 
the 130th Illinois National Guard Infantry, a part 
of the 33rd Division, and which proceeded to Camp 
Logan, Houston, Te.xas, November 11th, 1917. The 
unit trained in that camp until May, 1918, when it 



proceeded to Camp Upton, New York, sailing May 
16th, 1918, and arriving in France at Brest on 
May 26th. On arriving in France the division went 
to the vicinity of Abbeville, on the Somme, where 
it was instructed by the British. Here Lieutenant 
Broschart was on liaison duty at the 19th British 
Corps School. The division saw action on this front 
near Albert. 

Augu.st 29th, 1918, Lieutenant Broschart re- 
joined his unit at Bar-le-Duc, and on September 
7th entered the trenches in the Verdun Sector. On 
September 12th he was detailed to attend the Army 
Candidates School at Langres, his excellent work 
as a sergeant having won him the opportunity. 
From this school he graduated as a Second Lieu- 
tenant November 1st, 1918. He was immediately 
assigned to the 36th Division, then located at 
Conde, France, but he remained with that unit only 
five days, being transferred to the 42nd Division 
on November 15th, 1918. He reported to Company 
A of the First Battalion at St. Georges. Since com- 
ing to the Rhine, Lieutenant Broschart has at- 
tended the American Infantry School at Chatillon- 
sur-Seine. 




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COMPANY "A" ROLL 



Name Home Slate 

J*'irsl Sirijetiiii — 

Miller, John 1 Cardinton Ohio 

Mess Si njediit — 

Corwin, William E Cardiiigton Ohio 

■Sti/iplij Serr/efiiit — 

Rinehart , Walter S Edison Ohio 

Sergcntils — 

Burns. Bruce D Andover Ohio 

C'lufcston, Earl B Newark Ohio 

Kirk, P^dward D Bueyrus Ohio 

Long, Cierald H Cardington Ohio 

Maxwell, Dalzell R Cardington Ohio 

Miller, Fred .J Findlay Ohio 

]Morton, Merrill Berea Ohio 

MeClaren, William D . . . . Cardington Ohio 

Norlhru]), Edward S Cardington Ohio 

Russell, David 

Sigler, Warren C ( ralion Ohio 

Silverlhorn, Arthur P , , .Cardington Ohio 

•Corporals — 

Begley, Noah Wooton K<'ntuck,y 

Ceneebaugh, Aele S Montezuma Ohio 

Cook, Birney Plainfield Ohio 

Davis, Rayniond W Zanesville Ohio 

Gissell, Edgar M Cardington Ohio 

Fletcher, Allen E Findlay Ohio 

Gregory, Eh'ie C Cardington Ohio 

Griffis, Amos C Albion Pennsylvania 

Grunden, James !M Lewistown Ohio 

Hamberger, Hugo Cincinnati Ohio 

Hanna, Dewey Toledo Ohio 

Harlow, Linn Millersport Ohio 

Harrop, Spencer H Bucvrus Ohio 

Hill, William H Columbus Ohio 

Hummell, Cecil F'indlay Ohio 

Knezeviek, Nick Youngstown Ohio 

Knoder, Lelaiui M Siinbury Ohio 

Kola, .John Berea Ohio 

Levy, Henry A Columbus Ohio 

L.vnch, George W Birmingham New Jer.sey 

IViaslowski, Walenty Toledo '- Ohio 

Matheney, Harry J Zanesville Ohio 

Metcalf , William J Bueyrus Ohio 

Morris, Charles E Yoimgstown Ohio 

Rump, Joseph Berea Ohio 

Schneider, Arthur B Cleveland Ohio 

Spiegle, Bin-ton W Yoimgstown .Ohio 

Strouse, Haves M Marion Ohio 

Varner, Albert D Pleasant Hill Ohio 

Veltri, Bcna\-entura Toledo Ohio 

Weible, Fred Delaware Ohio 

White, .r<)liri L Dry Fork West Virginia 

Wittibsla.ger, han E . . . .Mt". Victory Ohio 

Young. William W Zanesville Ohio 

■Coot;s — 

Gariepy, IMertDn F'indlay Ohio 

Griffith, Port H Cardington Ohio 

Kennedy. Homer Marion Ohio 

Rodd.y, Frank L Bllc^•rus Ohio 

Mechanirs — 

Barton, Harry Mt. Gileod Ohio 

Litzenbei-g. Cliften Findlay Ohio 

Reagan. Charles M Marion Ohio 

Buglers — 

Bader, Percy H Hpringfleld Ohio 

Robinson, Wilmuth 11 . .Zanes\alle Ohio 

Pn'rales, Firsl Cliiss — 

Adams, Dorse IrWne Kentucky 

Bacon, Carl Dumell Minnesota 

Bair, Franklin North Hero Vermont 

Bauer, f^eorge G Berea Ohio 

Begley, Noah Wooton Kentucky 

Belford, Sanuiel Findlay ( )hio 

Bishop, I'Idward Forest Hills Massachusetts 

Bnx'klesby, Willie T . . . Edisjn Ohio 

Browning. Kash Wooton Kentucky 

Caffalonites. Constantinos Youngstown Ohio 

Cla\tor. Kal])h L Cardington Ohio 

Cole, Kenneth Marion Ohio 

Conaway, Charles H Cardington Ohio 

Cosper, Ira L Bowden (Jeorgia 



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Crozier, Robert J Philadelphia Pennsylvania 

Currie, Dale M Findlay Ohio 

Delaney, Walter E Cincinnati Ohio 

Delo, Gass Bueyrus Ohio 

Deugustine. Nick Youngstown Ohio 

Diekow. William E Chicago Illinois 

D\orak, Frank Riverside Iowa 

Enloe. Herbert C Judson No. Carolina 

Esis, Konstanty Buffalo New York 

Essex, Linden C Troy Ohio 

Fox, Wilbur Shadeland Pennsylvania 

Gortnell, Hugh Heber Springs Arkansas 

Henderson, Kenny Roanoke Alabama 

Kelly, George Marion Ohio 

Klekotta, Frank Berea Ohio 

Kuyper, Marius Cincinnati Ohio 

Landry, Allen V New Orleans Louisiana 

Lavigne, Fred L Hoi yoke Massachusetts 

Lawson, Marion Cr Toledo Ohio 

LeCoyne, Edward J New Orleans Louisiana 

Lester, Jesse C Dade\-ille Alabama 

Lowell, Peter Holvoke Massachusetts 

McClain, Lee Ash'ly Oliio 

McEnerney, Henry CoUbran Alabama 

McNair. Grover L Tipton Tennessee 

Monnell, Jesse Ohio 

Neal, Isaac Zanesville Ohio 

Netherv, Mason A Kellv Louisiana 

OHgnik, Peter Toledo Ohio 

Peck, Fred L Cleveland Ohio 

Pfeift'er, John Woolridge Missouri 

Pumphrey, William E . Buckhannon West Virginia 

Rasher, Fred W St. Louis Missouri 

Roberts, Melvin E Madison West Virginia 

Rogers, Barton P Memphis Tennessee 

Sangle, p'rank Hoiikinton Iowa 

Sanner, William O Union Furnace . . Ohio 

Scheiblich, Harry G Columbus Ohio 

Signet, Fred W McKeesport Pennsylvania 

Smith, John F Berea Ohio 

Smith, George- Findlay Oliio 

Steele, Elmer Peabody Massachusetts 

Supinger, Jonas R Osgood Ohio 

Szyper, Charles Chicago Illinois 

Tanner. Elwood Osgood Ohio 

Taylor. Lester W Columbus Falls. . Montana 

Thorvaldson, Nels Lo\-ejoy Montana 

White. John L Dry Fork West Virginia 

Wilhelmy. Frank W Crestline Ohio 

Woods. Felix Gad Ohio 

Wooton. .James Wooton Kentucky 

Wornoski, Joe Berea Ohio 

Prieates — 

Abatanglo, Alfred 'Ai E. 13Slh SI . New York 

Allison, Clovis E Zanesville Ohio 

Allison, James W Sioux City Iowa 

Amodeo, Joseph Brookl\'n New York 

Anderson, John Mounds\-ille West Virginia 

Anderson, Robert C Horry South Carolina 

Andrews, John W Zanes\alle Ohio 

Barker, Ci-eorge P Bryson City No. Carolina 

Bentley. Luther D Ta.vlorsville No. Carolina 

Bills, Frank H Marion Ohio 

Brown. Clarence C Cardington Ohio 

Burson, Julian J Frolona Georgia 

Canada, James Columbus Ohio 

Chandler. Hayne R Clinton South Carolina 

Clark, Daniel Bayside, L, I New York 

Cliukenbeard, Henry Solo Arkansas 

Coats, Noah Gayles\-ille Alabama 

Cole, William A Marion Iowa 

Colebello, Giovanni New Providence New Jersey 

Co'ey, James E McAden\-ille No. Carolina 

Condalary, James W Holten Louisiana 

C3wger, Thomas Hocku Valley West Virginia 

Creaturo, Fred Meriden Connecticut 

Cris'tr, Abslam G. W. . Cedar Bluff Alabama 

Cutro;ia, Jerry Lodi New Jersey 

Da^ddson, Elza L Marion Ohio 

Day, George W Kingston Alabama 

Dees, Reatus Jasper Florida 

Denn"v. William Trov Ohio 



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Dcvaul. Leaiider BclUurf 



Fillmore. Robert . 
Foutes, Joseph . 
Francis. Roy L 
Gay, Robert L 
Gissoni, Jose|)h 
Gostllell, lluKh 



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(iretli, Lauth B Youngstown . 

Harris. Bradley Ba.\ter 

Hartley. Clayton R Marion 

Henderson. Kenny Toanoke 

Hopkins, (ieorge Cedar Rajtids 

Irwin. Thomas McKeesporl 

.Johnson, Leonard Mount Vernon 

.b)linson. Matt C Zwingle 

Legg. Joseph EUijay 

Leroy, Lonnie Eid'anla 

Lewis, Elias Des Moines 

Lewis, Sam Laneasler 

Linebei'ger, Joseph iMeAden\ille 

Li\'ely, Claudius Coluinliia 

Long. James J Pleasant Hill 

Long. Joe B Ilarrodsbiug 

Majors. Earnest E , ^ . Blaek 

Mann. Heathoote . . * . . .Mt. Morris 

IMeyers, Louis H Cineinnnti 

Minchev, John B Haydenburg 

Mittlestadt, Arthur ("hieago 

Molihan. Elmer Marion 

Monnell, Jesse Toledo 

Mouton. .John Arnandville 



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Murphy, Richard 
MeCro.ssen, Wtirre 
Me(;rail. Frank J 
Napier, ( 'harles C 
Owens, Chester . 
Pall,;dino, .Mike 
Rarriiu. .\ndrea 
Passero, Piore 
Perrin. James E 
Pierson. Claude R 
Plotner. llem-v 
I'lunkell, \V;ird D 
Pratt, lialph V 
Ramsey, lialph O 
Regan, Thonuis 
Richards, Earnest L . 

Rossiter, Carl (^olumbus. . 

Rowland, Ernest ElHston , 

Schmidt, Frank Berea 

ScUars, Harold R Deardstown 



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New York 

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Furstenberger, Vila 
Heacock, Kali)h 1' 
llilgendorf, Fred . . 
Decker, Frank J , 
Miller, Paul C. . . . 

Seiiften, Fred 

Wosicki, John 

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Hall, Lewis O 
Hull, Fred J 
Hunter, Earnest 
Keating, Walter V 
Dick, Otis T . 
McMorris, William 
Rasey, Jay 

Welsh, James 

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Pririihs — 

Adams. Robert . . . 

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Asznum. Howard C 

Barker. William D, 
Barnes. Walter A 
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Bolin. William E . . 
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Youngstown. Ohio. 
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Geneva. Ohio 
Toledo. Ohio. 
Cardington. (Jhio 



Zanesville. Ohio 

Somerset. Ky 
Columbus, (^hio 

Cireleville, Ohio. 
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191S 


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2."). 


191S 


.Mar. 


I.-!. 


litis 


Nov. 


10. 


191S 


Oct. 


19. 


191S 


July 


23. 


191S 



ills 



Julv 27. litis 



S tUHl 

Caulkins. Archie. , 
Chancy. Lewis H . 
Collins. John. . . . . 
Collins. Michael 
Cox. .Vrthiir R . , . 
Cue. Willie 
Crago. William 
Crano. .Vrlhiii- C . 
Crowd. And\' 
Defurio. Dominic 
Dennis. George. . . 
Dennis, Roscoe 
Duff, James 
Ellison, Or.m 
Ewers, Merle 
Fleming, William 
Fields. Hughie 

Funk. Earl 

Green. Harlan ... 
(lolde. Charles . 
(i roves. Huling 
Halfhill. John 
Halathis. Elias 
Hahes. Jim. 
Haraczko. Victor 
Haretos. Harry 
Hendrix, Barney. . 
Hessler. Urban , . 
Hickh-. John 

HoUinger. Kenneth 
Holt. Henry 
Huston. Ru.Ninond 
.lacobs. .\r\ ici- 
James. Exom 
Johns. Luther . . . 
Kirkman. (liirn<\v. 
Levison. .A.bram 
Lovell. Charles 
Lovell. Cliffor(l 
Livingston. Otis . . 
Lewis. Joseph 
Loudermilk. .John. 
Lowery. Henry 
Marti. Norman . . , 
Martin, Eugene . 

Molvin, Louis 



Hotnr 


Dm, 






Julv 


PI. 
11, 


lil IS 


West St., Troy, Ohio. 


Nov. 


litis 


Youngstown, Ohio , 


. Mar. 


211, 


litis 


Columbus. C^hio 


, Sept. 


2(i, 


litis 


(^)nneaut. Ohio 


. Julv 


3(1, 


litis 




. (Jet. 


00 


litis 


. ('oluml)Us. Ohio 


. Mar. 


13, 


litis 




. Sept 


211, 




Mariiui. Ohio 


litis 




. Nov. 





litis 


Cardington. ( thio 


. June 


21. 


litis 


Cardington. Ohio 


. Julv 


12. 


litis 




. Nov. 


11. 


lillS 




. Nov. 
. Sept 


14. 
Hi. 


litis 


. Findlav. Oliio 


lillS 


Marion. ( thio 


. Feb. 


'> 


litis 




. No\-. 


,s. 


liils 


New lb. Hand. Ohio . 


Mar. 


is. 


litis 




Oct. 


24, 


litis 


. ( 'incinnati. ( thio 


. Oct. 


1(1, 


litis 




. Nov. 


19, 


litis 


London. Ohio 


Julv 


30. 


litis 


Toledo. Ohio 


. Nov. 


IS. 


litis 


^'oungstown. Ohio 


. .Vpri 


14. 


liils 




Se|)l 


12. 


litis 


Toledo, Ohio 


. Oct. 


27. 


tills 




. S-iJt. 


27. 


litis 




. Mav 


14. 


litis 



13il W. Penn. A\-e.. 
Delaware, (thio 
( 'oinmbns. Ohio 
( 'ai'dington. ( thio 
Pindlav. Ohio 



Cle\-eland. Ohio 
Cincinnati. Ohio 
Cincinnati. Ohio . 



Toledo, Ohio 
L(mdon, (_)hio 
Youngstown, (Jhio. 

Berea, Ohio 

13S McDoUe St.. 

Columbus, Ohio 
Columbus, (.)hio 



June 13. 191S 
Sept. 2il. litis 



Sept 


3. 


lillS 


Julv 


2S. 


litis 


(Icl. 


2il. 


litis 


Sept 


0. 


litis 


Oct. 


12. 


tills 


Oct. 


2<l. 


litis 


Se|)t 


0, 




Sept 


2S. 




Julv 


2S. 





Nov. 10. litis 
Oct. 27. tills 
Si))!. 11. lilts 
Julv 27. litis 



Mar. 24. lil IS 
Julv 27, litis 



49 



Name 

Moore, John 

Murry, Robert 
Needles, Merrtll 

Page, Albert 

Partlow, William . . 
Peters, Frank 

Phillips, Carl 

Pia, Bianehinni . . 
Pittman, Curtis , 

Post, Henry 

Rapp, Fred 
Rhoads, Frank 

Rose, John 

Runkle, Ray 
Sanburn, Willard 
Saras, Aristedes . . . . 
Shields, Charles. . . . 
Saniiac, Stanley . . , , 
Shoesniith, Herbert 
Shuman, Charles . 
Smith, Birt .J 
Smith, F'rank .J . 



Home 



Dale 



Columbus, Ohio .June 25, 1918 

Cincinnati, Ohio Mav 6, 1918 

Buevrus, Ohio Sept. 16, 1918 

Columbus, Ohio Dee. 17, 1918 

Marion, Ohio Sept. 10, 1918 

Mt. Gileod, Ohio Julv 24, 1918 

Cincinnati, Ohio Julv 29, 1918 

April 14, 1918 

Oct. 16, 1918 

Findlav, Ohio Aug. 6, 1918 

Oct. 25, 1918 

Oalion, Ohio Sept. 29, 1918 

London, Ohio Oct. 14, 1918 

Marion, Ohio Julv 10, 1918 

Windham, Ohio Sept. 11, 1918 

Oct. 15, 1918 

Xov. 4, 1918 

Toledo. Ohio April 14, 1918 

Ornaga, 111 Nov. 1, 1918 

Wharton, Ohio Jan. 18, 1918 

Oct. 29, 1918 

Climax, Ohio Oct. 23, 1918 



1918 

1918 
1918 
1918 
1918 
1918 
1918 



Name Home Dale 

Starner, Harvey Dec. 6, 

Stecker, John July 27, 

Steinmetz, William Oct. 29, 

Stiles, Ellis J Janesville, Ohio Feb. 18, 

Still, Floyd Aug. 29, 

Sullivan, John Pittsburgh, Pa Aug. 4, 

Tallant, John Oct. 16, 

Thomas, Daniel 

Thiemki, Henry July 29, 1918 

Underwood, Scott Cardington, Ohio Oct. 6, 1918 

Vanderpool, Emos Aug. 21, 1918 

Vanikis, .John Toledo, Ohio Aug. 6, 1918 

Weaver, Orvin Mt. Gileod, Ohio .Julv 29, 1918 

Wilkinson, Cecil . E. Palestine, Ohio Oct. 8, 1918 

Wilker, Harry Aug. 1, 1918 

Winsor. William . Fulton, Ohio Aug. 28, 1918 

Wills, Clarence . Columbus, Ohio Mar. 22, 1918 

Whitebrook, Ben Oct. 22, 1918 

Wirtz, Alfred Oct. 26, 1918 

Wi.seman, Will Fremont, Ohio Mar. 28, 1918 

Zeigler, Kenneth Urbana, Ohio Aug. 4, 1918 

Viola, Frank April 14, 1918 



WOUNDED 



Name 



Pin 



Dill, 



Home 



Sergeanls — 

Pissell, Grover R Champagne July 15, 

Frazee, Archie Sommerance Oct. 24, 

Cnriiorah — 

Barrett, John Sommerance Oct. 20, 

Corwin, William Near Ourcq River July 29, 

Gregory, P]Ivie C Ancerviller June (i, 

u„i, T „.,• . , > I Ancerviller June 7, 

Hall, Lewis i) ) o /-, ^ 1 - 

' 'Sommerance Oct. 1,). 

Hill, William H In St. Mihiel Sept. 27, 

Hull, Fred J In Champagne July 15, 

I'rivalcs — 

Allen, Dwight Sommerance Oct. 22, 

Allen, Charles Sommerance Oct. 22, 

Andrews, John W Near Ourcq River July 

Baker, Willie In Champagne .July 

Barnes, Walter A Near Ourcq River July 

Berry, Aaron F Near Ourcq Ri\cr July 

Biluck, Stevens Near Sedan Nov. 

Brady. Burrell In St. Mihiel Sept. 

Budd, Ward Near Ourcq River July 

Burchnell, Foster Near Ourcq River July 

Careins, Marshall 1) Sommerance Oct. 

Cole, Kenneth Ancerviller June 

Conaway, Charles H In Champagne .)uly 

Co.x, Arthur R Near Ourcq River July 

Crain, Anthony , . Near Ourcq River July 

Cue, Willie .Sommerance Oct. 

Deugustine, Nick In Champagne July 

Dever, Joe Near Ourcq Ri\-er J uly 

Dorozyniski, Stanley In St. Mihiel Sept. 

Hamberger. Hugo Near Ourcq River Aug. 

Hunter, Ernest G Near Ourcq River July 

Leohner, William Sommerance Oct. 

Madalon, Tony Sommerance Oct. 

McBride, Howard Near Ourcq River July 



McGrail, I''rank J Ani:er\iller June 

McKinney, Charles Near Ourcq River July 

INIolihan, Elmer In Champagne July 

Moran, Warnie Sommerance Oct. 

Murjihy, Richard H Sommerance Oct . 

Needles, Merrill Near Ourcq River July 

Pratt, Ralph V Near Ourcq Hiver July 

Peck, Fred L Near Ourcq River July 

Saras, Aristedes Sommerance Oct. 

Scheiblich. Harry G Near Ourcq Ri\er .Inly 

Sheline, Ernest Sommerance ( >ct. 

Shields, Charles Near Ourcq River .1 uly 

Smith, Birt Near Ourcq River July 

Snyder, Francis L Near Ourcq Ri\er July 

Soloman, David Near Ourcq River . July 

Struble, Burton In Champagne July 

Theimke, Henry Ancerviller June 

Waddle, Byhugh In Chamjjagne July 

Winget, Romeo In Champagne July 



28, 
30, 
27, 
28, 

6, 
16, 
29, 
30, 
22, 

6, 
15, 
30, 
30, 
22, 

1.5; 

27, 
12, 

1, 
28, 
14, 
22, 
29! 

6, 
29. 
15, 
23, 
16, 
28, 
30. 
29, 
15. 
2S, 
■>.> 

31." 
28. 
29, 
28, 
15, 
6, 
22, 

r>0 



1918 


Edison, Ohio 


1918 


Zanesville, Ohio 


1918 


Trov, Ohio 


1918 


Mt. Gileod, Ohio 


1918 


Cardington, Ohio 


1918 


Cardington, Ohio 


1918 




1918 


Columbus, Ohio 


1918 


Mt. Gileod, Ohio 


1918 


Buevrus, Ohio 


1918 


Columbus, Ohio 


1918 


Zanes\'ille, Ohio 


1918 




1918 


Geneva, Ohio 


1918 


Grove Citv. Ohio 


1918 


Toledo, Ohio 


1918 


Marion, Ohio 


1918 


Columbus, Ohio 


1918 


London, Ohio 


1918 


Zanesville, Ohio 


1918 


Marion, Ohio 


1918 


Cardington, Ohio 


1918 


Conneaut, Ohio 


1918 


Akron, Ohio 


1918 




1918 


Youngstown, Ohio 


1918 


Lancaster, Ohio 


1918 




1918 


Cincinnati, Ohio 


1918 


Kinsman, Ohio 


1918 


Lancaster, Ohio 


1918 


Chicago, 111. 


1918 


Berea. Ohio 


1918 


Pittsburgh, Pa. 


1918 


Cardington. Ohio 


1918 


RadclifT, Ohio 


1918 




1918 


Bronx, N. Y. 


1918 


Crestline, Ohio 


1918 


Covington, Ohio 


1918 


Girard, Pa. 


1918 




1918 


Columbus, Ohio 


1918 


Columbus, Ohio 


1918 




1918 


Lafavette, W. Va. 


1918 


Findlav, Ohio 


1918 


Columbus, Ohio 


1918 


Napoleon, Ohio 


1918 




1918 


Mt. Gileod, Ohio 


1918 


Mt. Gileod, Ohio 



50 



SECTION IV 



COMPANY "B" 



Preliminary History 



Company B was organized in 1878 in Columbus. 
When the militia was organized it became a part 
of the 14th Ohio National Guard Infantry. When 
the Spanish-American War came in 1898 it was 
called into service and went into camp at Camp 
Bushnel, Columbus, Ohio. The name of the regi- 
ment, in the meantime, had changed from the 14th 
to the 4th Ohio Infantry, From Camp Bushnel the 
company moved to Chattanooga, and on July 30th 
embarked on the transport St. Paul. August 3rd 
the company landed at Ayroyo, Porto Rico. There 
it participated in the capture of Guyama, and in 
the operations about Cayey between August 13th 
and 15th. It then became a portion of the Army 
of Occupation for two months, during which time 
it was stationed at Rio Piedras. The company then 
sailed for home from San Juan on the transport 



Chester, landing in New York November 1st, 18'J8. 
It was mustered out of Federal Service January 
19th, 1899. The 4th Ohio Infantry, to which it be- 
longed, was then reorganized. Under the new or- 
ganization its officers were Captain Will White and 
First Lieutenant Frank Oyler. June 19th. 1916, 
the company was again called into Federal Service 
and sent to the Mexican Border, its officers being 
Captain Frank Oyler, First Lieutenant Arthur H. 
Monk and Second Lieutenant Harold D. Wooley. 
The company was stationed at Camp Pershing, 
Texas, near Fort Bliss. On returning from the 
border it was mustered out at Fort Wayne, Detroit, 
on March 3rd, 1917. The company was mobilized 
July 15th, mustered in July 26th, and drafted into 
ihe Federal Service August 5th. August 13th, 
1917, it reported to Camp Perry. 



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52 




CAPTAIN WAYLAND JONES 

Clayton, North Garolina 




c 



lAPTAIN WAYLAND JONES, 
the subiect of this sketch, was 
born on October 6th, 1895, at 
Clayton, North Carolina. He attended 
Grammar and High School at Clayton 
until the age of eighteen. In Novem- 
ber, 1913, he went to Columbus, Ohio, 
where he enlisted in the army, being 
assigned to the 10th United States 
Infantry. In December of that year 
he was sent to Panama. On Decem- 
ber 28th, 1914, he was made a corpo- 
ral, being raised to sergeant on May 
4th, 1916, and in July of that year he became First 
Sergeant of Company I, 10th Infantry. He re- 
mained in the Canal Zone until June 1st, 1917, 
when he returned to the United States, taking sta- 
tion at Fort Benjamin Harrison. On July 8th he 
was commissioned a Second Lieutenant from the 
ranks. August 15th he was promoted to a First 
Lieutenantcy and immediately assigned to the 42nd 
(Rainbow) Division, where he became a member 
of Company B, 166th Infantry. He .sailed for 
France with the First Battalion on October 18th. 



November 25th, 1917, he was placed in command 
of Company B. He piloted that company thru Lor- 
raine, Champagne, Chateau Thierry, Saint Mihiel 
and the Argonne, as a First Lieutenant, — his com- 
mission as a captain being delayed by governmental 
red tape. His promotion finally came on May 18th, 
1918, or just one year after he took command of 
Company B. 

Captain Jones is recognized as an able leader of 
men under the strain and stress of battle condi- 
tions, and he is also credited with being a master 
of administrative details. His orderly room and 
the work it turns out is the Battalion Adjutant's 
one regular source of comfort. Personally, Cap- 
tain Jones is of a quiet, peaceable disposition, — yet 
a strong disciplinarian, — a man who makes friends 
easily and rapidly, and who is well liked by every- 
one. Even his men like him, despite the fact that 
sometimes he is not so gentle and peaceable with 
them. He believes in play and he believes in work, 
a combination calculated to turn out a good com- 
pany, — something that he is recognized as loving. 
A soldier and a gentleman is Captain Wayland 
Jones. 




53 




FIRST LIEUTENANT EARL W. FUHR 

215 East Ninth Avenue 
Columbus, Ohio 



FIRST Lieutenant Earl W. Fuhr 
was born November 8th, 1890, at 
g^' Columbus, Ohio. Born in a 

stormy month he is of a stormy na- 
ture, bursting in upon you at an un- 
expected moment with an awful ti- 
rade of threatening words, which at 
first scares you out of your wits. But 
as you grow to know him, you find 
thai the growl he usually greets you 
with is merely a mask behind which 
hides a most genial and friendly na- 
"^i ture. 

That he should be of a kindly disposition is to 
be expected, for one who lives close to nature is 
always prone to look upon the world with an opti- 
mistic eye. Lieutenant Fuhr, after completing a 
Public and High School cour.se in Columbus, went 
into the business of truck farming with his father, 
and thus the explanation of his attachment to 
nature. 

As early as June 23, 1909, Lieutenant Fuhr en- 
listed in Company B, Old 4th Ohio National Guard, 
in which company he served until April 11. 1917, 
passing rapidly thru the grades of Corporal and 
Sergeant, becoming First Sergeant before the com- 
pany started for the Mexican Border on August 
oOth, 1916. Having served the entire period on the 
border, he returned and was mustered out with the 
company at Fort Wayne, Detroit, March 3rd, 1917. 
Less than one month later Sergeant Fuhr became 
Second Lieutenant Fuhr, receiving his commission 
as a result of his excellent work on the border. He 



was called out with Company B on July 15th, 1917, 
and went with that organization to Camp Perry 
August 13th. At Camp Mills, New York, he was 
tempoi'arilv assigned to the Supply Company, sail- 
ing with that unit on October 30th, 1917. While 
on the sea he was commissioned a First Lieutenant. 
Landing at Brest, he reported to the regiment, then 
located in the vicinity of Morlaincourt, in the 
Fourth Training Area. He was immediately sent 
to the British Bayonet School at St. Pole, on the 
completion of which he spent a week, including 
Christmas, in the British trenches near Bethune. 
He returned to Company B at Noidant on New 
Year's Eve, and has been with that organization 
ever since. He served on the Lorraine front, in 
Champagne, and was wounded in Chateau Thierry, 
being thrown against a tree by an exploding shell. 
He rejoined us at Balleville on our way to the Saint 
Mihiel oflFensive, took a prominent part in that 
show, continued to Sommerance, and was present 
when the curtain went down before Sedan. 

Lieutenant Fuhr is recognized as one of the First 
Battalion's finest officers. He is keen of intellect, 
courageous and efficient. He is an authority on pa- 
per work, having acquired a mastery of the same 
while serving as a First Sergeant. He leads, rather 
than drives, his men, and that is why every man in 
Company B is his friend. To rise from a private to 
a First Lieutenant in a company is no small ac- 
complishment, but to do so and retain the friend- 
ship and respect of the men in that company be- 
sneaks qualities of character seldom found in one 
man. 



54 




FIRST LIEUTENANT JOHN HENRY LESLIE 

604 Fourth Street 
North East Minot, North Dakota 




I 



T was at Camp Mills that Lieuten- 
ant Leslie first met her. She was 
fair and she was beautiful, and 
it was no cause for wonder that he 
should have lo.st his heart. When the 
time came to part, each swore that 
they would be faithful and true, and 
to seal the compact, "Les" gave the 
fair maiden a box of stationery which 
she was to use in correspondence with 
him. All went well for a spell ; letters 
came regularly and frequently ; then 
the writing slowed down, until only 
an occasional note put in its appearance. The cli- 
max came, when a letter on this self-same station- 
ery arrived, stating that the maiden in (juestion 
had met a dashing aviator, and that she thought it 
would be best for all concerned to break off rela- 
tions. This is but one of many similar incidents in 
Lieutenant Leslie's life, revealing that gentleman's 
tendency to fall a victim to the charms of the 
fair sex. 

But we must leave the romance of his life in 
order to deal with the material facts. Born in Fair- 
field, Nebraska, on October 20th, 1893, but mi- 
grated to Kansas, and from Kansas to Minot, North 
Dakota. After completing High School he worked 
for the Rumbling Plow Company and for the North- 
ern Moline Plow Company, both of which liad 
branches in Minot. Lieutenant Leslie was called 
to service June loth, 1916, with Company D of the 
1st North Dakota, now the 164th Infantry. He 
went to the border and on his return was on recruit- 
ing duty. On May 22nd, 1917, he went to the First 
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Snelling. He was 
commissioned a Second Lieutenant on August 1.5th 
and ordered to report to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, 
Iowa, September 1st, 1917. September 5th found 
him at Camp Mills with the 42nd (Rainbow) Divi- 



sion, where he was ultimatelv assigned to Companv 
B. 166th Infantry. 

"Les" has served thru the war with Company B. 
He is courageous and eflficient and is a leader of 
men. He has done excellent work on patrols, in 
Haumont and at Sedan. But the best one was 
executed early in the game on the Lorraine front. 
The mission of the patrol was to find out what was 
going on in Hameau d'Ancervillers. Leaving our 
lines at G. C. No. 6 at 10:00 P. M., accompanied by 
Second Lieutenant Paul V. Jackson and First Lieu- 
tenant Harry J. Loar, both of whom were then ser- 
geants, and Idv Sergeant Ross C. Shafer, all of Com- 
pany B, he crawled up to the German wire, passed 
under it. and proceeded to the edge of the town of 
Hameau d'Ancervillers, but as daylight approached 
retired slightly and took cover in a clump of wil- 
lows about one hundred feet long and thirty feet 
wide, located approximately seventy-five yards 
from the German trenches, and within the German 
wire defenses. There they lay in observation dur- 
ing the entire next day, not daring to move except 
when the breezes moved the willows. They were all 
armed with 45-calibre pistols, two hand grenades 
and a gas mask. For nourishment they carried a 
couple of sandwiches and a canteen of water. About 
1 :00 P. M. in the afternoon they heard sounds in 
tlie nearest trench indicating the presence of a 
working party. At 4 :00 o'clock they saw a German 
walking along the front wire. At 2 :30 they heard 
a band playing in Hallonville. a village in the rear 
of the enemy's lines. In addition, wagons and 
trains were heard, and two machine-gun emplace- 
ments were located, making the patrol most suc- 
cessful from the viewpoint of information secured. 

But "Les" is more than a patrol leader; he is a 
good, all-round officer, efficient in every respect. 
In addition to this he has a pleasing personality, 
which makes him liked by every one. He was pro- 
moted on October 8th, 1918. 



55 



■-.■■■vi)S''.'---'.-.-" 




FIRST LIEUTENANT EARL P. MOSELEY 

46 Mansion Street 
Winooski, Vermont 




"C 



ITTLE MOSE," as he is affec- 
tionately called among his fel- 
low officers, is of a retiring, 
quiet disposition. No one would ever 
pick him out as a humorist, yet few 
men are more witty than he. Not 
only is he witty ; he is the possessor 
of a broad fund of general knowledge, 
such as the names of cities and the 
size of their population. 

Few officers are liked better by 
their men than "Mose." This is eas- 
ily explained by the fact that he looks 
after the interests of his men, — sees that they get 
good billets, that they are properly clothed, that 
they get everything that can possibly be gotten. 
And all this is done without any fuss or display. 
It is this kind of work which endears an officer 
to his men. 

But "Mose" is also strong in the field and on pa- 
trols. In battle, as at all other times, he is calm 
and collected, giving orders and directions without 
confusion, and creating in his men a feeling of 
strength and confidence. This feat can only be 
accomplished by one who is a thorough master of 
the problem in hand. 



Lieutenant Moseley was born January 20th, 1896, 
at Colchester, Vermont, but at an early age moved 
to Winooski, where he attended the Public and High 
Schools. After completing High School he became 
a student in the University of Vermont, taking a 
course in Civil Engineering. Called to the first 
training camp at Plattsburg on May 12th, 1917, 
he emerged on August 1.5th with a Second Lieuten- 
ant's commission. He was sent immediately to 
Camp Devens, Massachusetts, remained there but 
a few days, and was then ordered to Camp Mills, 
New York, to join the 42nd Division, then in pro- 
cess of formation at that point. Assigned to Com- 
pany B, 166th Infantry, he has been with that unit 
ever since. October i8th, 1917, saw him embark 
for France, and a few weeks later found him in 
France at the little village of Oey. But his school 
days were not yet ended ; he was sent to the First 
Corps School at Gondrecourt, rejoining the I'egi- 
ment at Noidant. "Mose" served thru Lorraine 
and then fell sick with pneumonia, being away 
from June 22nd to Augu.st 22nd, 1918. He re- 
joined us at Outremacourt, took part in the Saint 
Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives, and in the 
march to the Rhine. He was promoted November 
6th, 1918. 




56 




SECOND LIEUTENANT PAUL VANE JACKSON 




128 Bolton Avenue 
Newark, Ohio 



Tl 



UIO the Gods willed that Second 
Lieutenant Paul Vane Jackson 
should be born in Jacksontown, 
Ohio, on April 2, 1891, Fate decreed 
that his real home should be in New- 
ark. There he attended the Public 
and High Schools, and there he grew 
from a boy to a man. Dame Rumor 
has it that "Jack" had disagreements 
with his school masters, but all this 
has been blotted out by his splendid 
work in the war. It was at Chateau 
Thierry that "Jack's" finest qualities 
shown forth. Company B was lying in the woods 
on a hill overlooking the Ourcci Valley, when a shell 
fell in the midst of one platoon, killing seventeen 
men and wounding many others. It was a ghastly 
situation and demanded heroic action. While others 



scuttled to their holes, "Jack" took charge and amid 
shot and shell cleared away the awful human reek- 
age. For that deed of gallantry "Jack" was cited 
by the division commander and ultimately commis- 
sioned. The details of this story have travelled 
three thousand miles across the sea, and that is 
why the citizens of Newark are planning to give a 
big reception to "Jack" when he comes marching 
home. 

"Jack," after completing .school, became a clerk 
for the B. and 0. S. W. Railway, and later worked 
in the Baltimore and Ohio shops. On June 2nd, 
1910, he enlisted in the 7th Cavalry, located at Fort 
Logan, Colorado. He served in this unit for three 
years, and then went to work for the National Bis- 
cuit Company. On June 6th, 1917, he enlisted in 
Company B, 4th Ohio Infantry, which became the 
166th Infantry. 




V 



57 



COMPANY "B" ROLL 



Name 



Home 



Slule 



FirsI Sergeants- 



Green, John A. (attehd.) Columbus 


. Ohio 


Sii iijilij Sergeant — 






Trige, Edward E 


Birmingham 


Alabama 


Nelson, T. E 


. 12S Bricknell St., 






Columbus . . 


. Ohio 


A/fss Sergeant — 






Baumgartner, Frank . 


Newark 


. Ohio 


jSen/eanls — 






Brakebill, Grover C . . , . 


Columbus . . 


. Ohio 


Clark, Lerov 


Delaware 


Ohio 


Coolev, Charles R 


Oberlin 


Ohio 


( "raft . Phaon F . 


Antwerp 


Ohio 


Edington, John (attehd.) Columbus 


Ohio 


Gibson, James A 


Columbus 


. Ohio 


Holstein, Frank 


Columbus 


. Ohio 


Kinnev, Arthur B 


Newark 


. Ohio 


Schmitt, Norman C . . 


Columbus 


. Ohio 


Shafer, Ross C 


Oakwood 


. Ohio 


Swabev, William A 


Duke 


. Ohio 


Thomas, George D 


Columbus 


. Ohio 


CorjMrala — 






Baker, George W 


Columbus 


. Ohio 


Behrendsen, Andrew C, , 


Sanduskv 


. Ohio 


Berlin, Curtis C 


Warren 


. Arkansas 


Breig, Everett B 


Storm Lake 


. Iowa 


Callahan, Andrew M 


Newark 


Ohio 


Corum, James A 


FHnt Mills 


. Ohio 


Danberrv, Robert L 


Lebanon 


Ohio 


DeGroat, Charles 


Oneonta 


New York 


Dowell, Theodore L 


(^uinque 


. Virginia 


Drake, Harry C 


Columbus 


. Ohio 


Farmer, Ravmond 


Marietta 


Ohio 


Fletcher, Harold L 


Woodstock 


. Ohio 


Hiltibrand, Archie E 


Springfield 


Ohio 


Hook, Edward L 


Newark 


Ohio 


Kirkpatriek 


Blanchester 


. Ohio 


Leslie. Dallas D 


Paulding 


. Ohio 


Marker, John W 


Priceton 


Ohio 


Markev, Herbert 


Davton 


Ohio 


Mf'Question. William ( i , 


Oakwood 


. Ohio 


Neibarger, Harvev D 


Alexandria 


. Ohio 


Post, Joseph H 


Newark 


Ohio 


Rigbv, Ronald R . 


Columbus 


. Ohio 


Schwartz, Dale E 


Station B, No. 7. 
R.F.D., 






Columbus 


Ohio 


Sheffler, James S 


Braden\ille 


Pennsvlvania 


Soeklege, Rudolph 


Hermonie 


Pennsylvania 


Thorp, Henrv C 


Newark 


. Ohio 


Turner, William 


]\Larietta 


Ohio 


Van Ham, Ravmond ... 


Springfield 


Ohio 


Weible, Clyde 


Paulding 


. Ohio 


Williamson, William .... 


Paulsboro 


. New Jersey 


Co nics — 






Bedell, William 


Newark 


, Ohio 


Fit/,g<'rald, Michael 


Columbus 


f)hio 


Jones. Harlev E 


Wilmington 


Ohio 


Potts, Felix 


Columbus 


Ohio 


Mecluuiio! — 




Jones. Cassius C 


Wilmington 


Ohio 


Knupke, Harry 


Sanduskv 


Ohio 


Stallard, Fred 


Youngstown 


Ohio 


Tucker, James B 


Marietta 


Ohio 


Prirates. Firat Class — 






Arden. Edward S 


Columbus 


Ohio 


Arthur. Alliert B 


Columbus 


Ohio 


Barle. Giligore , . 


Alliance 


Ohio 


Bell, John 


Seminole 


Pennsyl\ania 


Blackman. Obediah ... 


Old Dock 


No. Carolina 


Borgman. William F . . . 


Le Souers 


Minnesota 


Boswell. Ralph H 


Newport 


Ohio 


Bowan. Jesse J 


Durham 


No. Carolina 


Bovden. Frank H 


Davis 


West Virginia 


Dreers, .John 


Dundee 


Minnesota 


Brooks. Alfred 


Morris 


Alabama 


Brunev, Ora W 


Springfield . . 


Ohio 


Burnside, Ervin J 


Grover Hill 


Ohio 


Burton. Simeon J 


Marietta 


Ohio 


Cangeme, Santo 


Rahway . 


New Jersey 


Carter, Richard . 


Youngstown 


Ohio 



Name Home State 

Chirila, Tiriesak Cleveland Ohio 

Co.x. Muney Fox Virginia 

Delaney, James A New Britton Connecticut 

DuiTer. Frank R Formosa Virginia 

Fetner. Thomas Ashland Alabama 

Foosey, Robert F . St. Louis Missouri 

Foster, Charles Q Gibsonville No. Carolina 

Freeano. Giovanni Albion New York 

Hannaberry. Thomas . . New York New York 

Hinnant, Claudius Pikeville No. Carolina 

Imperito, Salvator . Williamsbridge . New York 

Inman, Jack Tuscumbia Alabama 

Kereli, Mike Newark Oliio 



King, Ralph E IVIarietta . 

Laker. Valentine Payne 

Lipp. John Sandusky 

Little. Harris N Carnesvilie . 

Martin. Vernon M Deueher . . 

McDermott, Frank Amherst . 

Mueller. .John D Cincinnati 



Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Georgia 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 



Plum, Roy Brooklyn New York 

Riley, Edward Chicago Illinois 

Roberts, Roe V Croton Ohio 

Schwock. James E Newark Ohio 

Silver, Oscar H Bromley Kentucky 

Singer, Joseph Buffalo New York 

Sorum, Anders O Port Richmond. . . New York 

Stratman, Earnest R.J . . Colgate Maryland 

Taylor, C^'harlcs E Columbus Ohio' 

Taylor, Charles Elmer. Cumberland Maryland 

Taylor, Galen Milford Ohio" 

Thorn. Earnest W Elm City No. Carolina 

V^isintine. Joseph J Columbus Ohio 

Ware, Sam Be\"erly West Virginia 

Watts, Earl Alkol West Virginia 

Weaver, Ray Troy Ohio 

White, Isom Alexandria Louisiana 

Witt. Edward St. Louis Missouri 

Zorzi, Myer E Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania 

I'riratcs — 

Aldridge, Edwin Jackson Ohio 

Amore, Leonard S Pataskala Ohio 

Arnold, Otis Louisburg No. Carolina 

Bankston. Preston Jefferson Alabama 

Beaver, Ab. M Paynor Texas 

Begley, Johnnie Confluence Kentucky 

Blalock. William C . Durham No. Carolina 

Bounds. James M Sycamore Louisiana 

Brooks, Walter DeSoto Missouri 

Butler, James Zanesville Ohio 

Carpenter. Charlie 1 . . Hartsell Alabama 

Carroll. William T . Paragould Arkansas 

Casber, John O Venetia Pennsylvania 

Casdorph, Harry Guthrie West Virginia 

Childers, Arthur Smithporte No. Carolina 

Chisholm. James St. Louis Missouri 

Collins, Michael F Columbus Ohio 

Corapton. James Knoxville Tennessee 

Cooley, .Sidney G Watson Alabama 

Cooley, Berry A DeRidder Louisiana 

Craig. Henry E liverett Washington 

Cramer, Raljih Hamden Ohio 



Alamance No. Carolina 

Newton Mississippi 



Imhoder 
Manford . . 
Flat Woods 
New York 
Chabolskee 
New York 



Crawford, George S 
Crosby, John A . 
Cude, Honcr V 
Curry, William M 
Daily. .Jack A . . 
Daniels. Joseph . . 
Demere, St. Clair 
Dempse3% Jay T 

Dietz. George E Newark 

Dollar, Arthur Rogland 

DuBois, Leon South Wailes 

Dykes, Osborne \A' . Banks 

Ehrenfeld. Harry Williams Bridge 

Ellington. Alex. E Mt. Holey No. Carolina 

Elkins. David L Hillsboro No. Carolina 

Farnan. Thonuis New York "New York 

Fender, Adam C Piney Creek 

Fields, Ernest Morris 

Franklin. Ade Pvatte 



Arkansas 

Alaliama 

Tennessee 

New York 

Florida 

New York 

Ohio 

Alaliama 

New York 

Alabama 

New York 



No. Carolina 
Alabama 
No. Carolina 



Freeman, Joseph H Morristown Tennessee 



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Name 
Gillum, S. B.. -Ir 
GourU'V, Willard 
Orct'iK", Lowell (' 
Grimes, Henry 1' 
Hadacek, Frank J 
Harris. Moody W 
Harris, George W 
Hartsell, Titus A 
Helms, Lee 
Herreii, Stephen W 
Holland, Charles B. 
lloriiadav. Vietor C, 
Hudler. Walter 
Hurd, John L. S 
Imperato. Salvatore . 
Isaacs, Frank 
Isaacs, James N 
Johnson, William A 
Johnson. James W 

Kelly, Josei)h M 

Kins;, James F 

Koehler. Curtis C. . . 
Koregtowski. Stanley 
Laurence. Thomas A 
Lawter, William M 
Lee, Charles L 
Ledlietter. James E 
p:ilin!:ton, Alex. K 
Lennon. .lames 
Lewis. Charles H . 
:Mann. Henry N 
McCormiek. Matthew 
McCutcheon. John F 
ISIellet. John J 
Messer, Nathaniel M 
Moores, Myron W 
Newsom, Robert .1 
Ozment, Bertram B 
Paloelogos, George A. 



Nmne 

Arter, Clinton. 
Dewitt. Alonzo 
Downey. Vernes 
Dcmney. Marion 
Roberts. Frank . . ^ 
Roberts. Nathan 
Woltman. James F. K. 
Young, Jay C 

Baker. James R 
Fox. Dewey 
Goodwin. .John C 
Hanes. Stewart A 
Horvath, Joe 
Lerch. Howard 
Mathews. William B 
Murray, Charles 

Neff, Boyd 

Slaughter, Oscar 
B ugler — 

Paulsell. Kdward M, 
Pririilix — 
Allison. Raymond D 
Almciilist. ilaurice 
Baker. Cluudes () 
Barrow. Albert 
Barnhart. Cloy 
Bland. Willie ... 
Borton. Oliver 
Burgess. Harry 
Craft. Albert E 
Craigo. Cromwell 
Craw-ford. Oerald W 
Curtis. Thomas 
Davis. Aaron B . 
Davis. Charles 
Farnham. Forrest W 
Finnegan. George F 

Fleig. Frank 

Fleshmr. Philip. . . 



Hnmr Stiili' 

( 'ollins Alabama 

Marietta Ohio 

Lattimore No. Carolina 

Manauma Florida 

Duncan Iowa 

Purest Louisiana 

Tuscumbia Alabama 

Oakboro No. Carohna 

Monroe N'o. Carolina 

Lamar Alabama 

Milton Florida 

Burlington . No. Carolina 

Grassv Creek No. Carolina 

Cherokee Alabama 

New York New- York 

Clover Bottom Kentucky 
Wind Cane Kentucky 

Sartis Mississippi 

Mount Rest So. Carolina 

Verbena Alabama 

Bond Kentucky 

Columbus Ohio 

SI. Paul Minnseota 

Brooklvn New \ ork 

Lvnn ^''>- Carolina 

Breggs Alal>ama 

Tovvnville So. Carolina 

M(mnt Olive No. Carolina 

Longford Ireland 

Columbus Ohio 

Seman Alabama 

New York New \ ork 

Somerville Alabama 

Columbus Ohio 

Cleburne Co (icorgia 

Carroll Maine 

ColTee Siirings . . Alabama 
Tuscaloosa Alabama 

I5rooklvn New 'i or,-; 



Snmc 

Palmer. Perry E 

Parker. Edger L 

Pitts. Frank 
Polk. Albert 
Pritchard. William L 
Rakes. John M 
Robl)ins. Estan \\ 
Roesi'h. Alfred. 
Roney. .\ndrew- B 
Roscoe. Michael C. 

Rose. Ross A 

Smith. Millard 

Smith. William J 
Stricklin, Richard 
Sweeney, Amiirose J 
Seehrist, Luther -I 
Secor, Nicholas E 
Shepherd, (iarland 
Shipley. Isaac H . . 
Shii)inan. Raymond A 
Shook. Homer 

Skibo. Julius 

Tavlor, Cleo 

Th'omas. Wiley 

Todd. Claude 

Toppin, Vernon 

Walker. Sidney 
Warnecke, Harry .\ 
Waters, WnUiam R 
Webb, James B 
Weinstein, Isaac Z 
Whiscnhunt. Noah W 
Williams. Charles P. 
Williams. Ray ( i 
Williamson. Arthur 
Wood. John L 
Wright. Bruce L 



WOUNDED 



Hoiii, 

Columbus. Ohii> 
Columbus. Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 
Marion. Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 
Galloway. Ohio . 
Columbus. Ohio 
Columlnis, Ohio 

Columbus. Ohio 
Sandusky. Ohio 
Bli nchester. Ohio. 
Columbus. Ohio 
Sandusky, Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 
Johnstown. Ohio 
Elyria. Ohio 
Newark. Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 

.Columbus. Ohio 

Newark. ( Mno 
Nicker.son. Xeb 
Columbus. Ohio J 
Columbus. Ohio 
Elyria, Ohio 

Wilmington. Ohio. 
Kentucky 
Antwerp. Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 
. Sandusky, Ohio 

Fremont City, Ohii 
Warren, Maine 
Paulding. Ohio 
. Columbus, Ohio. . . 



Dair 

Julv -JS. litis 
JulV 2S. I'.tlS 
.lulV 'is. 191S 
JulV 2S. 191S 
JulV 2S, 191S 
JulV 2S. 191.S 
JulV 29. 19 IS 
Oct. Ki. 191S 



.lulv 


2S. 191S 


Julv 


2S. 19 IN 


July 


2S. 191S 


Julv 


2.S. 191S 


Julv 


2N. 191S 


Mar. i:5-July 2S 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


Oct. 


17. 191.S 


Julv 


2S. 191.S 


July 


2S. 191S 


.filly 


1.-,. 19 IS 


Julv 


2S. 19 IS 


Julv 


2S. 191.S 


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ulv I.")-2S 


Julv 


2S. 19 IS 


Julv 


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Julv 


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Julv 


■_'S, lois 


Julv 


•is. 191 S 


Se )t 


14. 191S 


.111 V 


2S. 19 IS 


Julv 


2S, 191 S 


Julv 


2S. 19 IS 


Julv 


2S. 191 S 


. Julv 


2s. 191S 


, Oct. 


IS. 191S 


. Julv 


1.5. 191S 


. Julv 


2S. i91S 


. July 


2S, 191S 



Forrestier. < 'lebiTl 

Franklin. < 'harles W 

(lilson. James 

Ginther. Oliver 

Origgs. Albert 

Hamilton. Floyd 

Hufford, Fre<l H 

Ingram. Dorsey 

Inlow. Orris E 

.lohnson. William <l 

Karbin. Oeorge 

Kershaw. Edward M. 
Kitts. Hugh 
Kleinlein. Wilbur D. 
Lees. Harry 
Lichtenstein. Sam 
Lucas. William 
Mansbergf r. Burl L. 
Maur. John 
Mills. Martin J 
Moffelt. Herschall 
Moorr. John F 
Mullen. Vernon 
Oder. Charles 
O'Neill. Robert J 
O'Nih). Loui 
Parcels. Charles 
Paulsen. John R 
Patterson. Clyde K 
Perl. John 
Polecci. Tony 
Potter. Charles .V. 
Puckett. Clarence 
Savage. Thomas 
Schneidrite. William 
Seward. Arthur 1. 
Shiffman, William 
Simons. .lesse P . 
Smith. Joseph 

Smith. Pearl 

Smith, Walter 



Hnme .S'(«(e 

Andalusia .\labama 

Marysville No. Carolina 

Greene Iowa 

Springlield Ohio 

liighlowcr .\laliama 

Wi'sl Durliani No. Carolina 

(^uinton Alabama 

North Wales Pennsylvania 

Hartford Alalia ma 

DuBois St.. 

Detroit Michigan 

.\kron Ohio 

(leneva Alabama 

_.\li-Tt No. ( 'arolina 

Trade Alabama 

New 'S'ork New York 

Mount Airy No. Carolina 

Paindridge Conneclieul 

Winlield .Vlabama 

M(nindville .\labama 

Columbus Ohio 

Asheville No. Carolina 

(llassport Pennsylvania 

, Blue Eve Missouri 

Jackson Springs No. Carolina 

Vincent Alabama 

Tvner No. ( 'arolina 

Hurdlow Tennessee 

St. Louis Missouri 

NewTy So. Carolina 

Columbus Ohio 

Tuscaloosa Alabama 

Midland Arkansas 

Ironshore Maryland 

Philad.'lphia Pennsylvania 

Hetlin Alabama 

Linden No. Carolina 

Kingston No. Carolina 



Ho III I 

( 'arence. Louisiana 
Voungstown. Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 
Columbus. Ohio 
Toledo. Ohio 
Newark. Ohio 
Marietta. Ohio 

Newark. Ohio 
Youngstown, Ohio 
Voungstown. Ohio 
Elyria. Ohio 

Columbus. Ohio 
Ni'wark. Ohio 
Coluinbiis. Ohio 
Kentucky 
Newark. Ohio 
Sandusky. Ohio 
Newark. Ohio 
I'pper Sandusky. ( ) 
Waterbury. Conn. 
( 'olunibiis. Ohio 
Newark, Ohio 
New-ark. Ohio 
New-ark. Ohio 
Springtield. Ohio 
Newark. Ohio 
Johiislown. Ohio 
Paulding. Ohio 
Calabra. Italy 
Springlield. Ohio 
Sabina. Ohio 
Youngstown. Ohio 
Larksville, Penna. 



Pennsylvania 
New-ark. Ohio 
Harrisburg. Ill 
Columbus. Ohio 
Grafton. Ohio. . . 



Dnt 




Julv 


2S, 19 IS 


Julv 


2S, 191S 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


Mar. 


i:^, 191S 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


Julv 


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Julv 


2S. 19 IS 


Julv 


2S. 19 IS 


Julv 


2S, 19 IS 


Julv 


2S, 1918 


Jiilv 


2S. 191S 


Julv 


2S. 19 IS 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


Julv 


2S. 19IS 


Jiilv 


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Jiilv 


2S, 191S 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


Ai)ril 


•-Julv 2S 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


Julv 


2S. I91S 


.lulv 


2S, 191 S 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


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2S. 191S 


.lulv 


2S. 191S 


Julv 


1.-), 191S 


Julv 


2S, 191S 


Sc-llt 


11, 191S 


.lulv 


2S, 191S 


.lulv 


2S, 191S 


.lulv 


2S, 191S 


Julv 1 


VOcl. 17 


Sept 


. 12. I91S 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


July 


2S. 19 IS 


Julv 


•2S, 191 s 


Julv 


2S. 191S 


Julv 


2S. 19 IS 


June 


t;-Juiv 2s 


Juh 


2S. 19 is 


. .\l)r 


1 7. 191S 


J lib 


2S. 19 IS 



59 



Name Home 

Swiatkewiz, Louis 

Swindler, Bart W Paulding, Ohio. . . 

Tripplett, Will)urn 

Trosky, Jose])h F 

Walsh, Harry Blanehester, Ohio. 

Weaver, Paul Newark, Ohio 

Weber, Thonuis Baltimore, Md 



Date Name Home Date 

July 28, 1918 Weller, Chester Columbus, Ohio July 2S, 1918 

July 28, 1918 Wheeler, Carl L Newark, Ohio Julv 28, 1918 

July 28, 1918 W'hitten, Bernie Jul'v 28, 1918 

July 28, 1918 Wilgus, Eli H London, Ohio Julv 28, 1918 

Julv 28, 1918 Wilson, John S Newark, Ohio Julv 31), 1918 

July 28, 1918 Wilson, Paul A Grandview, Ohio. . . Julv 28, 1918 

JulV 2S. 1918 



TRANSFERRED 



Kaiiie Hiinii 

Sergeants — 

Downey, Thumas Columlius, Ohio ... 

Herbst, Fred Columbus, Ohio. . . . 

Loar, Harry J Sunbury, Ohio 

Meeks, ( leorge B Columbus, Ohio ... 

Nelson, Theodore E.. . Columbus, Ohio . . . 

Peney, Deral. Youngstown, Ohio 

Pierre, Bertram A. . , . Columbus, Ohio , , . 
Corporah — 

Graham, Haves D. . . . Granville, Ohio 

Neff , Donakl D Marietta, Ohio 

Strieklaiid, William. . . Columbus, Ohio. . . , 
Mechaiiie — 

Fry, Andrew M New York City ... 

Prii'ates — 

Almasan, Wasilie Indiana Harbor. Ind. 

Arnold. Alex Wakefield, N. C 

Ashton. Ora H 

Atkinson, Julius Abbotsburg, N. C . . 

Babb. Luther LawTenee, S. C 

Baker, Charles O Columbus, Ohio 

Baker, William H . . . Carruthersville. Mo. 

Batemaii. Merril C . . . Columbus, Ohio . . 

Barwiek, Jule Mount Olive, N. C. 

Behmer. Chandler. . . . Columbus, Ohio . . 

Birtsas, Frank Cleveland, Ohio . . 

Boone. Burtis T ... Springhope, N. C 

Brelh. Chester H 

Briles, Koseoe Thomasville, N. C 

Brower, Stanley (Diseharged) 

Brown, Frank M Johnstown, Ohio . . . 

Burns, Glenn F 

Burt. Josei)h E .... Iowa 

Butler. J. S (Diseluirgt'.l) 

Carr. Willie Warrior. Alabama . 

Cates, Honey Hurdler Mills. Ala , 

Costella, Rudolph. (Disehargetl) 

Co.\. Charlev C Mulberry, Ark 

Catrett, Israel B Brantley, Ala 

Cravle. Bryon L. 

Cueeeli, (ieorge L 

Dean, Ralph Johnstown, Ohio . 

Decker. William . Columbus, Ohio 

Deeovey, Charles 

Doughtv, Charles . . . Philipsburg Center, 

Pa 

Dutt, Harlev (Diseharged) 

Elhart, Walter 

EUi.son, Joseph St. Louis, Mo 

Bnglisli, Rali)h L . . . Mount OHve, N. V . 

Fladt, Arthur S 

Friekenstein, Arthur , , New York City .... 

Fuleher, Jesse M Haw River, N. C. . . 

Giles, Eugene P 

Graham, Stanley B 

Groll, August H .... (Diseharged) 

Hallmark, Elige B 

Hammer, Warner E 

Hanna, Needham Farm Springs, Miss. 

Hawkins, Porter. . 



Date 

Mar. 2-4, 
Mar. 23, 
Aug. 18, 
Sept. 4, 
Sept. 4, 
Aug. 12, 
Mar. 23, 

Mar. 23, 
Nov. 29, 
July 10, 

Sept. 19, 



14, 
, 30, 
21, 
20, 
20, 
28. 
. 30, 
12, 
30, 
13. 



20. 

9, 

2(), 

30, 



Hendricks. Floyd 
Henniger, Clytie. 
Herren, William A 
Higgins, Duane D 
Hiteheoek, Ulvsses . 
Hollowell, John M 
Hurd, George C . . 
Jones, Lumis P. . , . 



Youngstown, Ohio 



Lamar. La . . 
Columbus. Ohio 
Oakwood, Ohio. . 



Nov 
Sept 
Aug. 
Oet. 
Oct. 
July 
Sept 
Dee. 
Nov 
Mar 
Aiirii 14 
Dee. 4 
Aug. 21, 
Si-pt. 30, 
Sept. 21, 
Sept. 30, 
Oet. 29, 
Nov. 2.';, 
Sept. ."), 
Nov. 25, 
Oet. 
Oet. 
Oet. 
Sept 
Aug. 21, 
April 14, 
Aug. 21, 
Mar. 13. 
Aug. 21, 

Oet. 20. 
Oet. 9, 
Aug. 21, 
Oet. 26, 
Oet. 26, 
Aug. 21, 
Sept. 19, 
Aug. 30, 
Nov. 20, 
Aug. 21, 
Oet. 14, 
Nov. 20, 
Aug. 21, 
No^•. 20, 
June 27, 
June 27, 
Aug. 21. 
Oet. 26, 
Mav 28, 
Oct". 26, 
Nov. 12, 
Nov. 20, 
Nov. 20, 



Name Home 

Jones. Earl I Columbus, Ohio . . 

918 .Jones. Benjamin Newark, Ohio 

918 Kallish, David 

918 King, Charies E 

918 King. Benjamin 

918 Kinler, Ernest. Luling, La 

918 Klenke, John C S]iringfield, Ohio . , 

918 Kotueek, Louis Long Island. N. Y. 

Ledbetter, James E 

918 Leonard, Clay L 

918 Lind, Ralph Columbus, Ohio. . . 

918 Loper, Cyrus R 

Lusk, Cecil 

91S McArthur, Floyd G 

McGte, Robert L. . . . Lincolnton, N. C. , 

918 McNealv. George H 

918 McSwain. Ewell L, . . . Newton, Ala 

918 Manlev, Algie 

918 Mapes, Edward P, . , . (Diseharged) 

918 .Marshall. Robert U (^hapel Hill. Tenn . 

918 Mathews. Roy Warren. Ohio 

918 Meadows. Calvin C .Vndalusia. Ala 

918 Miller, Bernard 

918 Miller. Frederick Columbus. Ohio . 

918 Aloores. Urban .\ . Maine 

'.•l.S Murphy, Edward R. . Columbus, Ohio . 

ids Natuzzi. Joseph 

!(17 Parmer. Alexander. , , , St. Louis, Mo 

918 Palmer, John A 

917 Pieone, Charles Cleveland, Ohio, , 

918 Rapier, William A 

918 Rennels, Charles Johnstown. Ohio . 

918 Roli.son, Samuel N. . . . Balion, S. C 

918 Ro.scoe, Michael 

91S Ruder, Nelson H 

918 Ronald, Frank 

917 Sasser, Richard F ., , Hacoda, Ala 

918 Schuhait.^Abe Chicago. Ill 

918 Scott, Rav Columbus, Ohio . . 

917 Sears, William I Witumpka, Ala. . 

918 Sheldon, Jack Columbus, Ohio 

917 Sloan, David R Cohunbus, Ohio . 

918 Smith, Boykin Opelika, Ala 

917 Snarskey, Anthony 

Snodgrass, Orville .... Wilmington, Ohio. 

918 Spina, Franeisca 

917 Stevens, Walter Marietta, Ohio. . . , 

917 Stickles, Harvey B 

918 Saboskv, Paul 

918 Taylor," Manley E 

918 Tecsa, Amos Newark, Ohio 

918 Temple, Frank Newark, Ohio 

918 Thieser, W. J 

918 Thomas. James B . . Greensboro, N. C. 

917 Vetitoe, Charles C . Hadensburg, Tenn. 

917 Wadell, Roger 

918 Ward. Emmet Lee . Tuxedo, Ala 

918 Ward, Robert F Asheville, N. C . . . 

918 Webb. Lurmon Mills Creek, Ky. . . 

918 Welseh, Barnard M 

918 Whitaker, John M 

917 Whited, Frank 

918 Widmer, Richard 

918 Williams. Thurman E. Alexandria, Ohio . 

918 Wil.son, James H Beveriv, Ohio 

918 Wright, Walter M Tallahassee, Fla . . 

918 Yarnell, John A Columbus, Ohio. . . 

918 



Date 
Mar. 23, 
Mar. 27. 
June 20, 
Aug. 21, 
Aug. 21, 
Oct. 26, 
Nov. 2.5, 
Nov. 25, 
Nov. 20, 
Aug. 21, 
April 14, 
Nov. 20, 
April 21, 
25, 
20, 
25. 



25. 

20, 

1, 

20. 



Nov 
Oet. 
Nov 
Nov 
Nov 
Oct. 
Nov 
Sept. 30. 
Sept. 30, 
Aug. 21, 
June 5, 
Nov. 20, 
June 10, 
April 14, 
Sept. 19, 
Nov. 20, 
April 14, 
Oet. 20. 
Aug. 21, 
Oet. 26, 
June 11, 
Aug. 21, 
Aug. 21, 
Oct. 20, 
Oct. 20. 
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SECTION VII 



COMPANY "C 



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Preliminary History 



Company C was organized at London, Ohio. June 
28th, 1915," by Major John C. Volka, at that time a 
Captain. He was assisted by First Lieutenant 
Raymond M. Cheseldine and Second Lieutenant 
Raymond Mabe. In January, 191G, the company 
was called out on riot duty at Youngstown, Ohio. 
June 19th, 1916, the company was called into Fed- 
eral Service and went to the Mexican Border as a 
part of the Old Fourth Ohio Infantry. Its ofiicers 
on this occasion were Captain John C. V'^olka, First 
Lieutenant Raymond M. Cheseldine, and Second 
Lieutenant James K. Campbell. Second Lieutenant 
Mabe having resigned. The company on returning 
from the border was mustered out at Fort Wayne, 
Detroit, March Srd, 1917. The company was again 
called into Federal Service July 15th, 1917. First 
Lieutenant James K. Campbell had been assigned 
to Company K, thus making a vacancy, which was 
filled by Second Lieutenant Rol^ert L. Rea, a former 
First Sergeant of Company C. The company ar- 
rived at Camp Perry Augu.st 13th, 1917. 



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CAPTAIN LEON WALTER MIESSE 

736 East Main Street 
Lancaster, Ohio 




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APTAIN Leon Walters Miesse 
was born in Lancaster, Ohio, 
September 3rd, 1889. He re- 
ceived his education in the Public and 
High Schools of Lancaster and in 
Ohio State University. On complet- 
ing his studies he went to work with 
the Clattin Engineering Company, re- 
maining three years in that position. 
He then spent one year with the Al- 
tens Foundry Company. On June 
15th, 1916, he went to the Mexican 
Border with Company L as a First 
He returned home March 4th, 1917, 
and was assigned to recruiting dutv for Company 
L from May 21st to July 15th. On August 13th, 
1917, he went with Company L to Camp Perry, and 
on September 7th to Camp Mills, New York. There 
he was sent to the 83rd Brigade Headquarters as 
Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Michael J. 
Lenihan, with whom he remained until January 
10th, 1918, when he was returned to Company L. 



Lieutenant. 



He served with that organization in Lorraine, 
Champagne, Chateau Thierry and Saint Mihiel. In 
Champagne he was in command of Company L, the 
companv which bore the brunt of the German on- 
slaught of July 15th. On September 9th, 1918, ju.st 
three days before the Saint Mihiel offensive, he was 
made a Captain. On September 25th he was trans- 
ferred from the Third to the First Battalion and 
assigned to Company C, which unit he commanded 
with much credit to himself in the Argonne, before 
St. Georges and Sedan. 

"Leon" has not been with us long, but we feel 
that he is one of us because we knew him even be- 
fore he came. He is cheerful and good-natured 
most of the time, but on occasions he can be un- 
pleasant, as for instance, when he is scrambling for 
billets. He. like all other commanding officers, be- 
lieves that his company is the best company in the 
battalion, but in spite of these little failings, he 
stands out as one of the best captains in the regi- 
ment. 




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FIRST LIEUTENANT SINCLAIR J. WILSON 

110 Kent Street 
Brooklyn, New York 




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E is tall and wiry, but not 
skinny ; he is serious, but not 
too serious ; he is humorous, 
but not cynical ; he is courageous, but 
not foolhardy : he enjoys life, but is 
not a spendthrift; he is a student and 
thinker, but not a bookworm ; he is 
not divine, but human, — such a man 
is First Lieutenant Sinclair J. Wilson. 
"Doc" was born June 2, 1892, in 
Brooklyn, New York. He attended 
the High Schools of that city, after 
which he became a student in Colum- 
bia and then Teachers'College of Columbia Univer- 
sity. There he acquired an interest in mathemat- 
ics, so we find him taking graduate work in that 
subject in New York University. On the comple- 
tion of his university courses "Doc" began teaching 
in the Boys' High School fronting on Marcy and 
Putnam Avenues, Brooklyn. He was there from 
191?, to 1917, going to Plattsburg on May 12th of 
the latter year. August 15th he emerged as a Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, and was immediately assigned to 
the 42nd Division, which was then in process of 
formation at Cainp Mills, New York. He was 
placed with Company C. 166th Infantry, with 
which unit he has remained ever since. He sailed 
for France on October 18th, arrived in St. Nazaire 
October 31st, and one month later found him in the 
British Bayonet School at St. Pole. There "Doc" 
acquired a thorough knowledge of the bayonet, and 
on returning to his company he was able to give 
an e.xcellent course of instruction. On completing 
the school at St. Pole he went into the trenches with 
the Canadians at Vimy Ridge, — then the unhealth- 
iest point on the Western Front. After this expe- 
rience he rejoined his company, which was on that 
famous march from the Fourth to the Seventh 
Training Area. 



The period of training o'er, "Doc" went with his 
organization into the Lorraine trenches, and then 
thru the Champagne-Marne Defensive, the Aisne- 
Marne, Saint Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sives, performing courageous and efficient work 
in all. 

In the Meuse-Argonne it was that "Doc" put over 
one of the cleverest patrols ever staged. The final 
preparations for a third attack on St. Georges were 
being completed and the "Big Boys" wanted to 
know if the Boche wire was sufficiently cut to allow 
troops to pass. To "Doc" fell the task of finding 
out, — a simple task to figure out on paper when one 
is ten miles behind the lines, but not simple in exe- 
cution. Taking one man, he left his own front line 
just at dusk, crawled six hundred yards across No 
Man's Land, — crouching low to the ground now and 
then, as an enemy flare lighted up the surrounding 
country, or as a machine gun sent forth its evening 
message of hate and death, — reached the enemy's 
wire, found that it was passable, and in the course 
of that work located an enemy machine-gun em- 
placement. 

Again, in the last trying days before Sedan "Doc" 
led an advance patrol, making steady advances, 
keeping the battalion informed of the position of 
the enemy, thus saving many lives. To conduct 
these advance patrols toward the last required cour- 
age, for everyone knew that the end was near, and 
that to fall by the wayside then would be to fall 
when the goal of long months of bitter struggle w-as 
in sight. But "Doc" measured up to the occasion, 
quietly, yet with determination, and saw it thru. 

"Old Doc" is one of the most conscientious, hard- 
working, efficient officers we have. When he takes 
hold of a job, that is a guarantee that the work will 
be done \\'ell. If there is some sort of a show to be 
put on for the General, "Doc" is very apt to have 
charge of it. Indeed, he is a veritable mainstay of 
the First Battalion. 



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FIRST LIEUTENANT MILTON MARTIN LATTA 



414 East Lincoln Avenue 
Goshen, Indiana 




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"NDIANA, The Hoosier State, has 
long been famous for its great 
men, but the people of that state 
little realized that the beautiful baby 
boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry 
Pierce Latta of Goshen, on September 
23rd, 1895, was some twenty-four 
years hence to become a distinguished 
figure in the World War. First Lieu- 
tenant Milton M. Latta received his 
early education in the Pul^lic and 
High Schools of Goshen, Indiana, af- 
ter which he undertook to learn con- 
structive work with the George J. Grant Construc- 
tion Company. But after two years of work rang- 
ing all the way from brick-laying to time-keeping, 
he decided that he did not know enough to go on, 
so accordingly we find him at the LIniversity of 
Minnesota during the next two years. 

There his study was rudely interrupted by the 
blare of the trumpet of war, and we see our friend 
"Latter" emerging from the college cloister, as did 
the monks of old, to lay down the pen and take up 
the sword. May 14, 1917, found him at Fort Snell- 
ing, Minnesota, and three months of hard, serious 
v,-ork made him a First Lieutenant. Things now 
mo\-ed fast. He was sent to Camp Dodge. Des 
Moines, Iowa, remaining there a few days, and then 
moved on to Camp Mills, where he was assigned to 
Company C, 166th Infantry, 42nd (Rainbow) Di- 
vision. October 18th, 1917, saw him on the way to 
France. Reaching France, he was sent immedi- 



ately to the First Corps School at Gondrecourt. He 
returned to enter the trenches with the division in 
February. 

He always had a hankering for company admin- 
istration and his opportunity came on the battle- 
field of the Ourcq. Bearing up well under this soul- 
trying load he again led his company into the Saint 
Mihiel fray, after which he was sent to the Army 
School of the Line at Langres. From the line at 
St. Benoit he rejoined the company on the Rhine. 
Now he is the Perstmnel Officer of the regiment 
and hopes to have last month's pay ready at least 
by next month. 

"Latter" is recognized as a strong, capable, effi- 
cient officer. He is very serious in all that he 
does, — sometimes too serious, for we all know it 
does not pay in war to be too serious. He is of a 
studious nature and is a lover of art. His pencil 
has traced the beauties of Notre Dame of Paris 
and the sad appeal of the front line towns. For 
even the war has been powerless to make him for- 
get his first love, — architecture. He sketches on 
the slightest provocation. 

He is a consummate social genius, particularly 
at the dinner table. He eats plenty of everything, 
but is especially fond of jam. One day the Mess 
Officer, Lieutenant Reiser, had been to Langres to 
buy rations, jam included. "Latter," with his usual 
appetite at the evening meal, was wading into the 
jam when Paul Reiser, who had been watching him 
for some time, exclaimed : "My God, 'Latter,' that's 
i:ct a vegetable, it's a condiment." 




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FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES A. MOSELEY 

(Killed in Action, July 28th, 1918) 

56 Douglas Road 
Glen Ridge, New Jersey 



WHEN you see a big man leading his weary 
platoon down the road and he has a great big 
grin in proportion to his size, in spite of the 
heat and the dust and the hell of the last "trick" in 
the line, you are led to smile, too, and think the old 
world isn't so dreary after all. That contagious 
smile was one of the characteristics of that stout- 
hearted officer. First Lieutenant James A. Mose- 
ley, which those who served with him remember 
so well. 

J laving been commissioned at Plattsburg Bar- 
racks, N. Y., and attended a French Corps School 
in Southern France, he joined Company C at Bena- 
menil in the St. Clement Sector during March, 1918, 
and it wasn't long before he was called "Jim" and 
active in all the work of the battalion. Patrolling 
No Man's Land in front of Ancerviller and the 
neighborhood deprived him of a lot of sleep he 
might have been getting those nights, but the ex- 
citement and experiences amused him in that "tran- 
quil sector." Extra work of that or any other kind 
was ne\'er a stumbling block to "Jim," as is evinced 
by the fact that when he graduated from Yale Uni- 
versity in 1915, where he was a member of the 
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, he received Special 
Honors in English and Phi Beta Kappa. 

He was appreciated before ; but the true glory of 
his character and bravery was shown to all in the 
Champagne and officially recognized by General 
Pershing. His mother, Mrs. J. A. Moseley, was 



later sent the Distinguished Service Cross and the 
following citation : 

"For extraordinary heroism in action near 
Suippe, France, July 15th, 1918, when two 
others had failed, one killed, and the other 
wounded. Lieutenant Moseley left his shelter 
during a most intense enemy artillery bom- 
bardment, searched for and located a wounded 
Corporal of his platoon, bringing him a dis- 
tance of more than 400 yards to safety." 
"Jim" was regardless of his personal danger 
when there was work to be done, and his men 
knew that he would not order them to do things 
which he himself would not do. 

In those long days and nights of hiking and trav- 
eling from the Champagne Sector to the Foret de 
Fere, "Jim" retained the cheerful outlook, which 
kept up the morale of his men. The night of July 
27th, when he was rolling up in a blanket with his 
sergeant to get some much-needed rest, every one 
in the battalion knew that the next day was going 
to be hard and bloody, but its full seriousness was 
not realized until it was found that "Jim's" name 
was on the list of our dead. 

That spot on the slopes of the River Ourcq, where 
Lieutenant Moseley gave his life for the cause of 
his country, is consecrated ground ; and will be hal- 
lowed in the memories of his comrades by reason 
of his optimism, his balanced consideration of the 
men under his command, and his brilliant gallantry. 



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SECOND LIEUTENANT ALBERT B. RANKIN 

Elm Street 
London, Ohio 




SOME people are born great, some 
achieve greatness, and others 
have greatness thrust upon them. 
"Little Eddie" Rankin, as he is affec- 
tionately called, belongs to that class 
of men who have achieved greatness. 
He was born in London, Ohio, Febru- 
ary 11th. 1895, and there spent the 
early days of his life. He had com- 
pleted High School and was ready to 
enter the university, when he was 
called to the border with Company C. 
the company with which he had been 
the first to enlist on June 28th, 1915. He returned 
from the Mexican Border in March, 1917, just in 
time to visit the home folks, say good-bye, and go 
to Camp Perry, and from there to Camp Mills to 
join the famous 42nd (Rainbow) Division, which 
sailed for France on October 18th, 1917. By rea- 
son of his splendid work on the border, "Little 
Eddie" had come to be the "Top Sergeant" of Com- 
pany C. Accordingly, when the organization ar- 
rived in Chennevieres, France, and men to attend 
the Ofl^cers' Training School were asked for, he 
was among the first selected. At Langres he kept 
up his good work despite the fact that he was 
forced to eat potato peelings and water three times 
a day for a period of three months. On May 13th, 
1918, he received a Second Lieutenant's commis- 
sion, which he had so well merited. After leaving 
school he served with the 82nd and 78th Divisions, 
but his loyalty to his old unit soon brought him 
back to the Rainbow Division. Here, temporarily, 
he was assigned to Company A of the First Bat- 
talion, but ultimately he was transferred to Com- 
pany C, his old company, and the company he 
started out with as a private. To those of us who 
know how hard it is to make one's way up from the 
ranks, this achievement of "Little Eddie" stands 



out as an indication of his abilities. He returned 
as the company was emerging from the shambles 
of Chateau Thierry and bore a worthy part in the 
operations at Saint Mihiel, in the Argonne and be- 
fore Sedan. 

"Little Eddie" is a very versatile character. He 
plays well, — sometimes he plays horse, but most of 
the time he plays his favorite instrument, the uku- 
lele. To paraphrase the words of the poet : 
"Over its strings he. musingly, beginning doubt- 
fully and far away, 

First lets his fingers wander as they list; 

Then as the touch of his loved instrument lends 
hope and fervor. 
Nearer draws his theme, 
First guesses by faint auroral flushes. 

Sent along the wavering vista of his dream." 
And as he plays the boys sing and dance. No 
party in the Premier Battalion is ever complete 
without "Eddie" and his war-worn music-box. But 
not only is he a musician ; he is a story-teller of 
the first order. His favorite story is the story of 
the "Mathematical Dog," in which the dog in ques- 
tion puts down three and carries one. The other 
evening at a pai'ty a memljer of a certain princely 
house seemed to be suffering from convulsions, but 
investigation revealed that "Eddie" had only been 
telling more stories. 

"Eddie" has a peculiar failing of picking up ru- 
mors. "I say, Doc (Sinclair J. Wilson), have you 
heard the rumor that we start home next week? 
Of course, now, I heard this down at Regimental ; 
it may not be so ; you can take it for what it is 
worth, — and really, now really, what do you 
think?" He also is indisposed to making decisions 
for himself. "Are you going to stay in the Regular 
Army, DeLacy?" "I don't know what to do; if I 
could only write to my mother. Why don't they 
give us time to think over this matter?" 



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SECOND LIEUTENANT JOSEPH MILLER ENFIELD 

Wellington, Kansas 




N Maxim's Cafe in Cologne peace 



J^ reigned supreme. The German 
people were eating, drinking, 
laughing and talking as if war had 
never cast its darkening shadow 
across the Fatherland. Into this 
scene suddenly stalked a short, 
stubby, erect foreigner. His calm 
look of assurance and his air of 
worldly possession caused everyone to 
take more than a casual glance at 
him. The gentleman in question wore 
an American Officer's uniform and on 
his face was a care-free e.xpression that is found 
in but one place in the world, — namely, "Out Where 
the West Begins." Tho Cologne was out of bounds 
for American officers, investigation revealed that 
the above mentioned personality was none othe.' 
than our amiable friend and compatriot in arms. 
Second Lieutenant Joseph Miller Enfield, of Wel- 
lington, Kansas. 

Mr. Enfield, as he is called back home, has the 
imique distinction of being born in Iowa, raised in 
Kansas and educated in the army. After complet- 
ing the Wellington Public and High Schools, "Joe" 
went into the feed and grain business with his 
father. There he became a skillful salesmen, as is 
evidenced by one transaction he engineered in the 
First Battalion. "Joe" had his old issue overcoat 



cleaned and pressed up so it looked pretty nifty. 
Lieutenant Smith, who had a $40.00 tailor-made 
overcoat, liked "Joe's" coat and suggested the pos- 
sibility of a trade. "Well," says "Joe," "I don't 
know. I don't much want to get rid of that coat," 
and with that line of talk finally inveigled Lieu- 
tenant Smith into trading. A few days later Lieu- 
tenant Albert Rankin said to him : " 'Joe,' you made 
a pretty clever trade with 'Smithy,' didn't you?" 
To which he replied: "Nothing else, Rankin." But 
to resume the story, "Joe's" business career was 
rudely interrupted when on May 14th, 1917, he 
enlisted in Company L, 139th Infantry, 35th Divi- 
sion, with which unit he sailed for France, April 
■25th, 1918. The division was one of that number 
brigaded with the British for training as a result 
of the March crisis. "Joe" did one turn in the 
trenches in Alsace-Lorraine with the 35th Division, 
after which he was sent to the Officers' Training 
School at Langres. At the close of the school he 
was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, and as- 
signed to Company C, 166th Infantry, of the 42nd 
(Rainbow) Division, which unit he joined at Mont- 
faucon, in the Argonne. Immediately, he found 
himself in charge of a platoon going into the attack. 
By the time "Joe" dug in and soaked and slopped 
around in the rain and mud for twenty-one days 
and took out his patrol, his continued good humor 
and untiring effort stamped him efficient and 
worthy. 




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SECOND LIEUTENANT HOBART SMITH 

Patriot, Indiana 




SECOND Lieutenant Hobart Smith 
was born March the 4th, 1898, 
in Patriot, Indiana. His early 
education was received in the Com- 
mon and High Schools of that city, 
after which he went to Earlham Col- 
lege, located at Richmond, Indiana. 
That one from Patriot should be pa- 
.! triotic was to be expected, so it is not 
surprising that "Smithy" enlisted in 
the 7th United States Infantry, April 
13th, 1917. He was immediately sent 
■''-.■_ to the Mexican Border, but after 

remaining there six weeks returned with his unit 
to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. There he became 
Company Clerk with the rank of Corporal, and 
four days later he became a Sergeant. Only a short 
time after this he became Battalion Sergeant- 
Major. From that to the Third Officers' Training 
Camp on January 5th, 1918, was but a short step. 
Lieutenant Smith came to France as a casual, and 
was attached to the Army Corps School at Langres 
for six weeks, after which he was commissioned. 
He was assigned to the 92nd Division, with which 
unit he served in the Toul Sector. He was then 
sent to the 6th Division for three months, there 
having a perfectly killing time. Not satisfied with 
taking out twelve patrols in fourteen nights, he 
tried observing from an aeroplane and nearly broke 
his neck. Then he was transferred to the 42nd 
(Rainbow) Division, reporting November 17th, 
1918. 

"Smithy" joined us at Stenay. Since that time 
he has made many strong friends and established 
a reputation as an efficient officer. 




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SECOND LIEUTENANT GABRIEL RALPH MIESSE 



737 East Main Street 
Lancaster, Ohio 



SECOND Lieutenant Gabriel Ralph 
Miesse was born in Lancaster, 
Ohio, November 18th, 1^92. He 
received his early education in the 
Public and High Schools of Lancas- 
ter, and later he attended Ohio State 
University. After leaving school he 
worked for the Kyle Manufacturing 
Company for two years and a half. 
He was in the employ of the Altens 
Foundry and Machine Works, when, 
on October 19th, 1914, he enlisted in 
„ Company L of the Old 4th Ohio. June 

19th, 1916, he was called out and went to the Mexi- 
can Border, where he remained until March -Jth, 
1917, at which time he was mustered out at Fort 
Wayne, Detroit, Michigan. 

On July 15th, 1917, he was again called out and 
on July 23rd he was mustered into Federal Service. 




August 13th found him at Camp Perry as First 
Sergeant of Company L. He went with that or- 
ganization to Camp Mills, New York, and on Octo- 
ber 29th set sail for France, landing at Brest. 
From Brest he went to Meligny-la-Petite. On De- 
cember 1st, 1917, he was ordered away to attend 
the Officers' Ti'aining School at Langres. There he 
took a General and Specialist Course, after which 
he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on May 
3rd, 1918. On the day he was commissioned he was 
ordered to the 82nd Division, then brigaded with 
the British, and located at Ault, Brittany. Soon he 
was transferred to the 4th Division, and from the 
4th to the 78th Division. Still later he was assigned 
to the 303rd Engineers as Gas Officer. November 
20th, 1918, he was reassigned to his old outfit, the 
42nd Division, which he joined at Unkelbach, De- 
cember 28th, 1918. 



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Lonilon 


Ohi.) 


Coen. Matthew F . 


. New V'ork ( 'it v . 


N.'w \.n-k 


Dagesse, Arthur 


New Bedford , 


.Massacdiiiselt; 


Ebner, Edger J. 


. Lima 


Ohio 


Ellington. Aiisbin 


Paragould 


.\rkaiisas 


Fould. Kay 11 


Lima 


Ohio 


Frani-is, John \\ . . 


. Bowling ( InMii 


Indiana 


Franco, James 


. Marcellus 


Xew York 


Fugett . Joseph 


. Potter 


Kentu(d<v 


Grachow. Alexcis . . 


. Hubbar.l 


Ohio 


Hanson, Harold (; 


Collitis 


Iowa 


Ilaselmayer, .foiin 


( 'icero . , 


Xi'w N'ork 


1 leUmi.-h. .loseph 1 1 


( ireensburg 


Indiana 


Ilenrv. Robert E 


Hi-vington . . . 


Iowa 


Henson, Ira 




Ohio 


Hinders, Edward .1 


I'iipia ... 


Ohio 


Hunger, Paul W 


Biu'lington 


Iowa 


Jerozalski, Boleslaus 


S\racuse , , 


Xew York 


Jones, Carl 1 1 


L.uidon , 


Ohio 


Kalthoff, Louis .r.ihii 


Bro.ikhu 


x.'w ^'ol■k 


Keough, W illiaiii .lolm 


I'.utfalo 


Xew York 


King, Robi'rt 


.\t liens 


Ohi.j 


Kitzman. Eniil 


Eu.-lidvilh' 


Ohio 


K.wk, William J 


!'(» Ilazle Ave.. 






Wilkesbarre. . . 


l'enns\ Ivania 


Leonard, (^harles W . 


. S..dalia 


Ohio 


Alassie, Earl 


. ( iaiion 


Ohio 


Alelton, Pete 


. Toledo 


( lliio 


Miller, PYeud . . 


. Londi>n 

. West Jefferson 


( )liio 


Alorris, Jav 


Ohi.) 


Xorwooil, James X . , 


. Albany 


.\labama 


Olanoff. Joseph . 


. Brooklvn 


Xew ^'ork 


Raini.ilph, Martin . 


, Brighton 


Ohio 


Rickels, Clarence , 


Hamilton 


Ohio 


Roach, Isaac 


- South Charleston 


Ohio 


Roberts, George \\" 


Muscatine 


l.)wa 


Shardow, Josejjh 




( )lii.) 


Shelton Lerov D 


. Millport 


Alabama 


Simler, Walter 


. Canton. . , 


Ohio 


Strawser, Reed 


. .\' hens . . 


Ohio 


Swiss. Clarence L. 


. West Jefferson 


Ohio 


Vaseh. August 


. Cleveland 


Ohio 


Visea, Geoig(> 


Cleveland 


Ohio 


W alker. George W 


Jonestown , , . 


PennsvKania 


Yerian, Emil 


London 


Ohio 


I'ririikx — 






Aehee, Samuel 


Brooks 


Iowa 


Adace, Grik 


Youngstown , . 


Ohio 


Akeno\-eh. .lohn 


Cleveland 


Ohio 


Anderson, Albert Read 


South Bend 


Indiana 


Anderson, O car L . , 


Alerstrand 


Minnesota 


Arndal , Sam 


Moorefield 


Xel)raska 


Bee, Leo L 


Crawfordsville . . . 


Indiana 


Berman, Alorris , . , 


New York Cit v . 


X.'W "^'ork 


Benpiam. Alfred L ... 


Dennison 


AHnnesota 


Bland, William 


Cleveland 


Ohio 


Bortolomi.)l, Domenii-.> 


Williams 


(^ilifornia 


Brant, Perrv D 


Idalin 


Colorado 


Brewer, Victor 


Enola 


Arkansas 


Briggs, Amos P 


South Charleston 


Ohio 


Brown. Ben H 




Arkansas 


Bruce Leonzo 


Sutrar ( 'reek 


Ohio 


Bueh, Clarence 


Cleveland 


Ohio 


Buffamento, Salvaton . 


Rome 


New ^■ork 


Camiibell. Calvin 


West Jefferson 


Ohio 


Chapiiell. Robert C 


Brooks 


Georgia 


Clark, Pelar J , . 


Ozark 


Alaljama 


Cla.v. Roger 

Clav, Verner ]j 




Ohio 


London 


Ohio 


Collins, Alherton 


Alammoth Springs Arkansas 


Collins, Leo 


West Jefferson . . 


Ohio 


Cottonbrook, Ralph 


Sugar Creek 


Ohio 


Cover, Sharon 


Londo 


Ohio 



71 



Name 

Coxson, Wm 

Creswell, Otis D . 

D'Amato. Frank F 
Duehesin'au, Alfred 
Erhardt. Crcorgo C 

Farley. Philip W 

Finuigan. Thomas E 

Fisher, Leroy B 

Foiitenot, Teleesma. . . 

Gilhoolev, Peter 

Glatt, Joseph B 

(Joodwiii, Jim D . . 
llarman. Jeff . , , 
Harris. Willie 
Harrison. Foster B 
Hastings. Royal () 
1 1 at ley. Lewis 
Ilavins. Tom S 

Henson, Oren 

Hoover. Arthur 

Hulibard. Grover (' 
James. Charles K 

Johns. Luther N 

Jones, Emmett 

Kelly. Thomas V 

King, Lna 

Ladle.v. Dwight 

Layton, Elmer M 
Lesniowsky, Mar\n 
Lindsay, Owen H 

Lopp. John S 

Loudermilk, George W 
Lyles, Perry T . 
Lvnch, Frank 
McCarty. Amel 
McDonald. George J 
McHem-y, Floyd 
Maupin. Green B 
Miller, Roy 



Hiiiiu Toirii Slate 

Cleveland , . Ohio 

MeFall Alabama 

St. Louis Missouri 

Rohertsdale Alabama 

Louisville Kentueky 

New York City , Xew York 

St. Louis Missouri 

London Ohio 

Kinder Louisiana 

Pawtueket Rhode Island 

Milford Louisiana 

(Jeorgina. , .. Alabama 

Woodsworth . Louisiana 

West Port Tennessee 

Union City Tennessee 

Mansfield Tennessee 

llalladay Tennessee 

Hice Louisiana 

London Ohio 

Lawton New York 

I'iqua Ohio 

London Ohio 

Raiford Florida 

South Vienna- . . . Ohio 

New York Cit.v , . New York 

Seagrove No. Carolina 

Mount Sterling Ohio 

Brantley Alaliama 

Voungstown Ohio 

Muncie Indiana 

Lexington No. Carolina 

London Ohio 

Lovington New Mexieo 

Lexington Kentucky 

Irwin . . Ohio 

South Mills Xo. Carolina 

London Ohio 

Wind Cave Kentiuky 

Union Citv Indiana 



\aiiie 
Mobley, Elmer 
Moleterno, Manuele 

Myers, Ethel 

Nel.son, Ole 

Palma. Antonio 
Pendleton, William ( 
Perr.v. William 
Petitti, Pasquale 
Phillips, Howard . - . 
Philhps, Pearl O. , 

Potee, Wilher 

Pruitt, Ward B 
Riekes, John M 
Roche, Benjamin 
Rodman, Jack Claudi 

Rosier, Carl 

Ruhl, Henry 

Rupe, John R 
Salistian, John . 
Sebree. Warren 
Shaw, William F 
Shook, Jim D 

Shpater, Da\id 

Sidner, Guy E 

Sidner, Maxwell 
Spencer, William II 

Srok, Jack 

Stern, John 

Stilwell, Guy 

Stin.son, Ernest L. , , 
Sumner. Grad.v R . 
Taragowski. Peter V 

Thomas, Foster 

Thompson. Lester 
Thoronton. Turner S 

Vaslet. Everett 

Warder. El wood 
Willard. Orland H 
Young. Franklin . 



Home Town Slate 

Mt. Vernon Indiana 

New York New York 

Benton Township. Iowa 

Detroit Michigan 

New York City New York 

Topeka Kansas 

London Ohio 

Chicago Illinois 

Piqua Ohio 

Athens Ohio 

Bluffton Ohio 

HiUisburg Indiana 

Muncie Florida 

Rochester New York 

Greensboro No. Carolina 

Canton Ohio 

Hamilton . Ohio 

Athens Ohio 

Youngstown Ohio 

North Bend Ohio 

Cecil Arkansas 

Mulberry Arkansas 

New York Cit.v . . New York 

West Jefferson . , Ohio 

West Jefferson , Ohio 

Logansport - , . Indiana 

Youngstown ... Ohio 

Haubstadt Indiana 

South Charleston Ohio 

Portia Arkansas 

Batcave No. Carolina 

Rochester New York 

Sedalia Ohio 

Paris Creek Ohio 

lluntsdale , Missouri 

North Abington , IMassachuset 

Hopkinsville Kentucky 

Guysville Ohio 

M<-.\rthur Ohio 



WOUNDED 



Name I'luce 

Supphj Sergeant — 

Thompson, Clifford Argonne Forest Oct. 

Serqea nts — 

Weber, Earl Chateau Tliierrv Julv 

Whatley. William St . .Mihiel Sept. 

Corporals — 

Busier. Leigh E Montigny June 

Cox, Carol M Montigny June 



Gordon, John 
Jones. Homer 
Leazenliee, Joe 

Loar. James Chanqiagiu 

Martin, Albert Lorraine 



(^hateau Thierry July 

Argonne Forest Oct. 

Chateau Thierry July 

July 
Mar. 



Martin. Albert St. .Mihiel Sept. 

Roseberry, Frank Chateau Thierry July 

Sievers, (^harles .St. Mihiel Sept. 

Smith. Harry F Chateau Thierry Aug. 

Thomas. Ravmond Chateau Thierrv July 

Wollney. Otto Chateau Thierr.v July 

C<)l)l\s — 

Rhoades, Glen .Vrgonne Forest Oct. 

Privates. First Class — 

Allerton. Herbert Chateau Thierry July 

Barlow, fiilbert Chateau Thierry July 

Caster. Elwood Chateau Thierry July 

Charter. Elmer Chateau Thierrv Jidv 

Foulk, Ray H Chateau Thierry Aug. 

Fugett. Jo.se ph Cham])agne July 

Grachow. Alexcis Champagne July 

Jones. Carl H Chateau Thierry July 

Kidd. William Argonne Forest Oct. 

Kosek, William J ..... Montigny June 

Leonard. Charles W . . . Chateau Thierrv. July 

Olanoff. Joseph Chateau Thierry July 

Riekels. Clarence Chateau Thierry July 

Roach, Isaac Chateau Thierrv July 

Visea, George Chateau Thierry July 

W^eUburn. Henry Argonne Forest No\'. 

Zuba, John Baccarat Sector June 



Da 


!e 


Home 


23. 


191S 


Troy, Ohio 


29. 


1918 


Canton. Ohio 


12. 


191S 


Houston, Texas 


7, 


191,S 


London, Ohio 


8, 


191,S 


Big Plain. Oliio 


29, 


I91S 


London. Ohio 


2.S, 


19 is 


London. Ohio 


29, 


19I,S 


West Jeffer.son. Ohio 


18, 


191.S 


London. Ohio 


5, 


1918 


Cincinnati. Ohio 


IS, 


1918 


Cincinnati, Ohio 


29, 


1918 


London. Ohio 


12, 


191S 


Richmond Hill. N. Y. 


2, 


1918 


London, Ohio 


20, 


191S 


London, Ohio 


;n. 


191S 


Cincinnati. Ohio 


19, 


1918 


London, Ohio 


28, 


1918 


West Jefferson, Ohi(3 


28, 


1918 


London, Ohio 


28, 


191 s 


Dves\-ille, Ohio 


29, 


191.S 


Big Plain. Ohio 


1, 


1918 


Lima, Ohio 


l.">. 


191S 


Potter. Kentucky 


18, 


191S 


Hubbard. Ohio 


29, 


191.S 


London. Ohio 


29. 


1918 


Lima. Ohio 


7, 


1918 


Canton, Ohio 


29, 


1918 


Sedalia, Ohio 


80, 


1918 


Brooklyn, N, Y, 


30, 


1918 


Hamilton, Ohio 


30, 


1918 


South Charleston, Ohio 


29, 


1918 


Youngstown, Ohio 


(i, 


1918 


Canton. Ohio 


i , 


1918 


Youngstown, Ohio 



72 



Xamc Place 
Privates — 

Akf'iiovfh, John (^liainpjiaiu' . . . 

Hi rquaiM. AUrrcl ClKilrau 'I'hirrry . 

]51iUid. William (■liaiii|)aurif 

Bernston, John ( 'hatcau 'Phicrry . . 

Brown, Arthur Cliatcau Thierry . . 

Bruee, Leonzo ( 'liatrau Tliirrry . 

Bufh, Clarence < 'halcau Thierry . 

Busie. (leorse Chateau Thierry. . 

Campbell. Calvin Sl.Mihiel 

Coxson, William J St. Mihiel 

Clay, Verner L < 'hateau Thii'rry . . 

Cully, Joseph Baeearat Seetor . . . 

De Angello. Joe Baeearat Seetor . . 

Emmes, Chauncey Chateau Thierry. . 

Forrest, George St. Mihiel 

Glaser. Harry Chateau Thierry. . 

Hixon, Charles ( 'hateau Thierry . . 

llobbs, Edward Chateau Thierry. . 

Creenwav, John Chaminigne . . , . 

Hubbard", Grover C Chateau Thierry, . 

James, Charles K Argonne ^^)rest . . . 



James, Kenneth R. 
Ladley, D wight .... 
Layton, Elmer M . . 
Lesniowsky. Marj'ii 
Matthews, George. . 
Moats, Edward . . . 

Myers, Ethel 

Nelson, Ole 

Nichols, Harry 

Pace, Jesse L 

Pasquale, Petitti 

Phillips, Howard 

PhiUips, Pearl () 

Podolsky, Andrew , . 

Potts, Jefferson , . 

Prewitt, George. . . . 

Pruitt, Orville St. Alihiel 



St. 



St . 



Argonne Fort 
St. Mihiel 
Argonne Fore; 
Montigny 
ChateauThierry 
Baeearat Seetor. 

St. Mihiel 

Chateau Thierry 
St. Mihiel. 



Rupe, John R 

Husso, Rapfaele 

Salistian. John 

Schorr, Samuel 

Srok, Jack 

Stilwell, Guy 

Wicker, James Aimer 

Willard, Orland St. Mihiel. 

Woolery, Robert Champagne 



Chateau Thierry. 
Cliateau Thierry . 
Chateau Thierry . 

( 'hampagne 

-Monlignv 



Julv 

Julv 

Jul'v 

JmI'v 

Jul'v 

Jul'v 

Jul'v 

Jul'v 

Sept. 

Sept. 

July 

April 

April 

Julv 

Se])t. 

Julv 

Jul'v 

Jul'v 

Jul'v 

Jul'v 

Oct. 

Oct. 

S,.pt. 

\oV. 

June 

Julv 

April 

Se|il. 

Julv 

Sept. 



Argonne Forest No\ . 

( 'hateau Thierry 

( 'hateau Thierry July 

< 'hateau Thierry July 

Chateau Thierry July 

Chateau Thierrv Jul\- 

St. JNlihiel Sept. 

Sept. 

Julv 

Jul'v 

Jul'v 

JulV 

June 



( 'hateau Thierry Aug. 

Argonne Forest Nov. 

Sept. 

Julv 



Ddle 1 1 (line 

111. I'.ns CUvehind, Ohio 

■JK. lillS IJcniiison. Miunesola 

I.-., nils Clevelan<l, Ohio 

2S, I'.lbs Georgia 

2'.). I'.ll.s London. Ohio 

2!l, litis Sugar Creek. Ohio 

•_'il. I'.ll.s Cleveland, Ohio 

;iO. nils London, Ohio 

12, nils West Jefferson, Ohio 

12. Itll.S CleveUuid, Ohio 

2S. nils Lou(h)n. Ohio 

7, nils Canton, (.)hio 

1(1, nils ^■oungstowll, Ohio 

:>,{), I'.IIS Cinciiuiati. Ohio 

12. nils Kentuekv 

2S, mis New York Citv, N. V. 

2!), litis Tennessee 

2'.l. nils Alabama 

1."), nils Indiana 

2S, litis Pi(iua, Ohio 

Hi, nils London. Ohio 

17, nils New York Citv, N. Y. 

12, nils Mt. Sterling, Ohio 

(i, lillS Brantley, Ahd)arri;i, 

7, nils ^'oungstown, Ohio 

2il, nils New York Citv, X. Y. 

7, nils West Jefferson, Ohio 

12. nils Benton Township, Iowa 

2il. litis Detroit, Mich. 

12. nils New York Citv, N. Y. 

(I, lillS New York City, N. Y. 

2il, nils l'i(|ua, Ohio 

2il, tills .\1heus. Ohio 

2il, tills Youngstown, Ohio 

2S, lillS Arkansas 

12, litis Logansport, Ind. 

12, litis Logansport, Ind. 

•2S, lillS Athens, Ohio 

2S, lills New York City. N. Y. 

2S, lillS "S'oungstown, Ohio 

1"), litis New York City, N. Y. 

7, mis Youngstown, Ohio 

2, litis .South Cluirleston, Ohio 

I ills Georgia 

lillS Guysville, Ohio 

lills .\rkan.sas 



12, 
I.'.. 



TRANSFERRED 



Name Hfimi Tmrn 
First Sergeant — 

Marsh. Edward , .,, London. Ohio 

Sergeants — 

Ashmore. George London. Ohio, . 

Cockerill. Charles. . London. Ohio . 

Dawson, William W . Cleveland. Ohio 

Farrar, William London, Ohio 

Fisher, Cyril London, Ohio 

Floyd, Nelson West Jefferson, Ohio 

Herdman, James London. Ohio 

Kearns, William J Cincinnati, Ohio. 

McKin.sie, Asa Lafa.vette, Ohio 

Webb, Dehner London, Ohio 

Cnrporals — 

Bango, Albert CoUunbus. Ohio 

Birkenbach, John A., Jr. West Jeffer.son. Ohio 

{^ampbell, Doris West Jefferson, Ohio 

Friedrich, Kurt. London, Ohio 

Kendrick, Richard. . . . West Jetferson, Ohio 

Shaw, ^Vi^ianl Canton, Ohio 

Smith, Guy R. London, Ohio 

Stuthard, Earl Loudon, Ohio 

Winchester, James . London, Ohio 

Privates. First Class 

Charlson, Adolph Kenyon, Minn 

Davidson, Charles . London, Ohio 

Dietrich, Clarence ... Lima, Ohio 



Ihil, 
.lulv 2il. mis 



Dec. 1. nil7 
Oct. 4, ItllS 
Mar. 1(1, 191S 



Oct. 


4. 


19 IS 


(let. 


27. 


litis 


AUL'. 


4. 


ItllS 


Nov. 


12, 


lills 


S.. It 


lit. 


191S 


Ju V 


2S. 


191S 


Sept 


:^(i. 


mis 


Oct. 


■>') 


tills 


(let. 


:;(!, 


mis 


Oc-t. 


;«i. 


litis 


Mav 


s. 


UllS 


( let . 


17, 


191S 


Se )t 


IS, 


litis 


Ju V 


1(), 


lillS 


Aug. 


■M. 


19 IS 


Mar. 


1(1, 


mis 


Nov. 


•2(1. 


191S 


Nov 


1, 


191S 


Oct. 


17. 


191S 



Xanii 
Fraher, Stei)lieii K 
Gordon. ( ieorge . . . 
Halfhill, Jaini's . . 
Johnson, Frank , . 
Leonard, I l;irry , 

Long, Homer 

Miller, Martin. . . 
Moore, Leander . . 
Moorman, Fred 
Morris, Allen 
Norcross, Lee V 
Osterle, Walter 
Reed, Charles 
Roberts. Havmond 
Roddy, Edward 
Taflinger, ( leorge 

Prieati's — 

Beedy, John 

Bingham, Charles 
Bodin. P>ank 
Breit, ( leorge 
Brewster, Thomas 

Brown. Buell. 

Brown, John 

Broiler, (^Jeorge. . . . 
Burris. Lindsay L 
Carmassi, Achille 
Cathcart, Robert , 
Cox, Carl V 



Ilfinir Ttiirit 


I 


)iiti' 




London, Ohio 


Mar. 


25, 


litis 


Lcmdon, Ohio 


June 


il. 


lills 


London, Ohio 


Sept 


3(1, 


lillS 


London, Ohio 


Oct 


;-ii. 


mis 


London, Ohio 


Dec. 


(■), 


litis 


London, Ohio 


Aug. 


1, 


tills 


London, Ohio 


Dec. 


4, 


litis 


London, Ohio 


Oct. 


17, 


mis 


Lima, Ohio 


.lune 


(1, 


mis 


West Jefl'erson, Ohio 


Nov 


•24, 


mis 


Massachusetts 


(tct. 


25, 


mis 


London, Ohio 


Aug. 


21, 


tills 


West Jefferson, Ohio 


Nov. 


12, 


litis 


London. ( lliio ... 


Julv 


2s, 


mis 


South ( 'harleston, O. 


Sept 


a. 


lilts 


Lima, Ohio 


Jan. 


•2:5. 


mis 


London. Ohio 


Julv 


2ii. 


mis 


Virginia 


Dec. 


4, 


litis 


Cincinnati, Ohio. . . . 


Oct. 


2C., 


lillS 


Virginia 


Aug. 


1:5, 


litis 


Hugbv, Tennessee. . 


Jan. 


■2S, 


19 IS 


Arkansas 


Nov. 


m. 


lillS 


Y'oungstown, Ohio 


April 14, 


litis 


Georgia 


Oct. 


21, 


mis 


Davton, Ohio 


Dec. 


1, 


mis 


San .Jose, Cal 


Nov. 


i(>. 


mis 


Piqua, Ohio 


Oct. 


24, 


19 IS 


Arkansas 


Dec. 


/, 


litis 



73 



Crosson, Thomas C 
Dancy, Peter. . . . 

DfSiinoue 

Dickson, Charles. 
Down, William , . 
Eisenberg, Louis. . 
Eades, Raymond. 

Estep, Joe 

Evans, Walter . . . 
P^armer, Howard. 
FilijK), Nieola . . 
p'oster, Clifford K. 

Ueyer, Lero\- 

Grilland, Ferdinand. 

Greif . Joe 

CJrunewald. Oustave 

Hart, Fred 

Heath, .John 

Hohendorf, AUiert . 
llowtird, Ed. Carr , 

James, Porter 

Rijaul-;o, John 

King, Reuben 

Koneskj', John 

Koogler, David . 
Leibroek, Charles. . 
Lewis, Riehard A. 
Limoges, Wilfreil 

Tjindsey, James 

Lipps, Ray 

Litehfield, Jolin . . 

Lordcard, I']arl 

Love, Frank 
Manuse, .Joseidi . 
Martin, Thomas. 
Mellon, Thomas 

]Mikli(di, .Joe 

Miller, Jolm 



Hoim Town Dale 

Alabama Oct. 27, 191S 

Georgia Sept. 21, 1918 

Cleveland, Ohio . , Nov. 29, 191S 
Indiana Oct. 31, 1918 

New York Citv, N.Y. Nov. 3, 1918 
New York City, N.Y. Nov. 11, 1918 

London, Ohio June 3, 1918 

Piqua. Ohio July 29, 1918 

Oklahoma Oct. I.''). 1918 

Londcm. Ohio . Oct. 12, 191,S 

New York Nov. IG, 1918 

Georgia Nov. 20, 1918 

London, Ohio Sept. 4,1918 

Lima, Ohio Nov. 20, 1918 

Cincinnati, Ohio. Jan. 26, 1918 

Tennessee . . ., Nov. 29, 1918 

Georgia Nov. 16, 1918 

Tennessee Nov. 29, 1918 

Trov, Ohio Oct. 27, 191S 

Alabama Dec. 11, 1918 

Alabama Sept. 4, 1918 

New York .. '. April 14, 1918 

London, Ohio Jan. 14, 1918 

Youngstown, Ohio April 14, 1918 
West .Jefferson, Ohio April 4,1918 

New York Nov. 29, 1918 

New York Citv, X.Y. Oct. 4, 1918 
Rhode Island .' , Nov. 29, 1918 

:\Iuncie, Ind Oct. 23, 1918 

Lima. Ohio Mar. 9, 1918 

Canton, Ohio June 6,1918 

Lima, Ohio June 3, 1918 

New York City, N.Y. Oct. 20, 1918 
Youngstown, Ohio .\pril 14, 1918 
New York Citv, N.Y. Sept. 24, 1918 

Georgia Oct. 10, 1918 

Youngstown. Ohio Nov. 29, 1918 
New York Citv, N.Y. Nov. 29, 1918 



Maine 



Home Town 



N.Y. 
N.Y. 



Morris, George New York City, N.Y. 

Moss, Harvey New York City, N.Y. 

Mullen, Thomas New York City, N.Y. 

Narron, Ruell Arkansas 

Nichols, Harry New York City, N.Y. 

Oppert, Jimmie New York City, N.Y. 

Owens, Letcher .Arkansas 

Patti, Frank Rochester, N.Y. 

Ponds. General O Iowa 

Portello. Guiseppe ButTalo, N.Y . . 

Pratt, Owen Plumwood, Ohio 

Price, Thomas Columbus, Ohio 

Rein, Earl O Piqua, Ohio 

Rich, John Cleveland, Ohio 

Rizzuto, Mariano Buffalo, N.Y . . 

Ryan, Russell New York City. 

Ryan, .Joseph New York City, 

Sanders, Brisco Alabama 

Scharff, Frederic C , . . New York City, N.Y. 

Scheidel, William Indiana 

Shealey, Harry New York City, N.Y. 

Stango, Veto New York City, N.Y. 

Stephens, Claude Georgia 

Sullivan, Samuel New York City, N.Y. 

Tata, Pete Youngstown, Ohio. . 

Taylor, Fred Arkansas 

Thomas, John Georgia 

Turnley, Jack Arkansas 

Ultch, Leo Iowa 

Watson, Bonnie New York City, N.Y. 

Weare, Theodore Massachusetts 

Whiddon, Archie . . Alabama 

Wills, Earl B Georgia 

Woodall, Isham New Mexico 

Woolard, Da\-id Arkansas 

Wright. .lames D Alabama 

Yenney, Walter . Piqua, Ohio 



Date 
July 27, 
Jan, 3, 
Nov. 16, 
Oct. 26, 
Nov. 14, 
Sept. 24, 
Julv 30, 
April 14, 
Sept. 4, 
Oct. 10, 
Mar. 31, 
June 20, 
June 1, 
Julv 29, 
Api-il 14, 
Nov. 24, 
Sept. 24, 
Sept. 12, 
Nov. 1, 
Nov. 16, 
Nov. 28, 
April 14, 
Dec. 1, 
Dec. 1, 
April 14, 
Nov. 16, 
Dec. 
Oct. 
Nov. 29, 
Nov. 18, 
Sept. 17, 
Oct. 3, 
Nov. 20, 
Oct. 20, 
Nov. 16, 
Sept. 3, 
Dec. 17, 



21, 



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1918 
1918 
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SECTION VI 



COMPANY "D" 



Preliminary History 



With the Spanish-American War Company G of 
the 14th Ohio Infantry became Company D of the 
4th Ohio National Guard Regiment. Captain Fred 
Peters took the company to Porto Rico, returning 
late in 1898. After the war Captain Peters was 
replaced by Captain Dan Evans, who in turn was 
replaced by Captain Owen Sifritt. who mustered 
the company out of service in 1907. The company 
was immediately reorganized, having as its officers 
Captain Richardson, First Lieutenant McArmich 
and Second Lieutenant Fred Warner. Captain 
Richardson was followed by Captain George T. 



Geran, who had enlisted in 1907, and had l)een com- 
missioned a Second Lieutenant in April, 1909, a 
First Lieutenant in December, 1909, and a Captain 
in 1914. During this period from 1909 to 1916 the 
company was called out to Bridgeport, Columbus, 
Youngstown and Delaware on riot duty. On June 
19th, 1916, the company was called to the Mexican 
Border. It returned March 3rd, 1917, being mus- 
tered out at Fort Wayne. Detroit. June 15th, 1917, 
it was again called to service and August 13th 
found it at Camp Perry, as a portion of the 166th 
Infantry. 



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CAPTAIN RUSSELL BAKER 

Delaware, Ohio 



CAPTAIN Russell Baker, Com- 
manding Officer of Company D, 
holds the unique distinction of 
having led the company which repre- 
sented the American Army in the of- 
ficial entry into Sedan, and which, 
therefore, reached the furthermost 
point in the enemy territory ever at- 
tained by any American unit. 

It was in connection with this oc- 
casion that it was discovered that 
Captain Baker has a propensity for 
having his picture taken. The United 
States Official Photographer, Lieutenant Fred 
Stone, was there in all his glory, and he snapped 
the Captain in many different poses. The Captain 
met the French Colonel, the French General, and 
other notables, under the searching glance of the 
movie picture machine. Then, his individual pic- 
ture was taken, so that we doubt not but that now 
his stately form and handsome face are as familiar 
on the screens at home as are those of that great 
hero movie actor, Douglas Fairbanks hiinself. 
Captain Baker was born in Delaware, Ohio, 




March 8th, 1889, and received his education in the 
Public and High Schools of that city. He then 
went into a hardware store for five years, after 
which he went to Columbus to accept a position as 
a traveling hardware salesman. July 2nd, 1906, 
he enlisted in Company K of the 4th Ohio Infantry, 
and on June 19th, 1916, went to the border with 
that company as a First Lieutenant. He returned 
from the border just in time to visit the home folks, 
and be called to Camp Perry on August l;3th, 1917. 
When he sailed for France he was second in com- 
mand of Company A. At St. Nazaire he was trans- 
ferred to Company G, with which unit he remained 
until he was .sent to the Corps School at Gondre- 
court. On his return to the regiment he was pro- 
moted to a captaincy and took command of Com- 
nany E. On June 2nd he was assigned to Company 
D and has been in command of that company ever 
since. 

Captain Baker has been thru the whole war and 
has seen its good and bad pha.'^es. He saw action 
in Lorraine, Champagne, Chateau-Thierry. St. Mi- 
hiel, and in the Argonne, and in these conflicts has 
established a reputation as an excellent field leader 
and as an efficient Commanding Offi.cer. 




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FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE ELMER^CROTINGER 

433 Pearl Street 
Marion, Ohio 




FIRST Lieutenant George E. Cro- 
tinger is a quiet, hard-working, 
serious-minded individual. He 
was born August 15th. 1890. at Ma- 
rysville, Ohio. His education was re- 
ceived in the Pubhc and High Schools 
of Mount Vernon. Ohio. After leav- 
ing school "George" went to work for 
the Standard Stamping Company at 
Marysville, with which concern he re- 
mained for one year. He then 
worked a year for the Logan Natural 
Gas and Fuel Company of Bauge. 
Ohio, but for the last ten years preceding the war 
he was in the employ of the Marion Steam Shovel 
Company. 

Lieutenant Crotinger enlisted as a private June 
17th, 1911, in Company D, 4th Ohio Infantry. He 
became a Corporal Januai-y 3. 1912; a Sergeant 
May 17th, 1914; First Sergeant December 3rd, 
1914, and a Second Lieutenant August 25th, 1915, — 
a steady, certain rise. In March, 1913, he was 
called out with Company D to aid in the Delaware 
Flood, and again in February, 1916, in connection 
with the Youngstown Strike. June 19th, 1916, 
Lieutenant Crotinger was called out for Mexican 
Border service, on which duty he remained until 



March 3rd, 1917, when he was mustered out at 
Fort Wayne, Detroit. 

Called out with Company D July 15th, 1917, he 
went with that organization to Camp Perry, Au- 
gust 13th ; then to Camp Mills, New York, and 
sailed for France on October 18th, 1917. While 
enroute to France he was commissioned a First 
Lieutenant. On arriving abroad "George" was sent 
to the Infantry School at Gondrecourt, leaving the 
company on November 23rd, 1917, and returning 
on January 1st, 1918, — just in time to help finish 
training the battalion prior to its first hitch in the 
trenches. He served thru Lorraine and in Cham- 
pagne, being forced to the hospital in the latter 
part of that campaign. He returned July 30th to 
take part in the last phases of the Aisne-Marne 
offensive. He remained for the Saint Mihiel offen- 
sive, after which he went to the Army School of 
the Line at Langres, lasting from September 26th 
to October 30th. This time he found us entangled 
in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. 

At Sedan "George" came into prominence, first 
as a member of Company D, the unit which at- 
tained the furthermost point in the enemy's lines 
ever reached by any American troops ; second as 
the leader of a patrol, Avhich, working out of the 
village of Frenois, passed into the suburbs of Sedan. 
This was a fitting close to an efficient officer's work. 




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FIRST LIEUTENANT CHRISTIAN ORRIN MARKSON 




334 East Rose Street 
Owatonna, Minn. 



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lEUTENANT Markson belongs 
to that type of people who say 
little, but do much. He is quiet 
by nature, and to some he might seem 
a bit distant, but the slightest ac- 
quaintance with him convinces you 
that he is very .sociable. He enjoys 
a joke and can tell a good story, but 
he never allows pleasure to interfere 
with his work. 

"Mark," as he is called by those 
who know him best, was born at Owa- 
tonna, Minnesota, October 29th, 1895. 
His early education was received in the Public and 
High Schools of that city, after which he attended 
the State University of Minnesota for two years, 
making a study of Civil Engineering. His work in 
the university was cut short by the war. 

Lieutenant Markson first became involved in 
military affairs when he enlisted in the Second 
Minne.sota Infantry on February 3rd, 191.5. June 
26th, 1916, he went to the border as a Sergeant of 
Company F of that organization, returning Jan- 
uary 26th, 1917, being mu.stered out at Fort Snell- 
ing. He then returned to the university, remaining 
until May 14th, after which he went on recruiting 
duty. This work was dropped in order that he 
might enter the First Officers' Training Camp at 
Fort Snelling, from which he emerged on August 



15th a Second Lieutenant. He reported to Camp 
Dodge, remained there but four days, and then 
moved on to Camp Mills, New York, to join the 
42nd (Rainbow) Division, then in the process of 
formation at that point. 

September 14th, 1917, he was assigned to Com- 
pany D, 166th Infantry, with which organization 
he sailed for France on October 18th. He was of 
great service to his company in the training period 
in France. He served in Lorraine, but was then 
sent to the Infantry School at Gondrecourt on June 
6th, returning to the company July 6th, or just in 
time to take part in the historic Champagne-Marne 
Defensive. Then came Chateau Thierry and Saint 
Mihiel, "Mark" being seriously gassed in the second 
or holding phase of that action. This occurred at 
Saint Benoit on September 31st, 1918. In the tight 
at Sommerance in the Meuse-Argonne "Mark" 
missed out, returning to the company on October 
14th. He started out on the second phase of tliat 
campaign, known as the advance to Sedan, but he 
had allowed his judgment to be warped by his desire 
to get into the game once more, — he had not yet 
fully recovered. The Major, seeing this, ordered 
him back to the hospital. 

"Mark" came back to us aftei we arrived on the 
Rhine. His return was a surprise, — a most wel- 
come surprise to his company, and to the officers in 
the battalion, for he is universallv well liked. 




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FIRST LIEUTENANT COLVIN HIRAM TODD 

Bastrop, Louisiana 




TT^HE first essential of greatness is 
I a great heritage. First Lieuten- 
ant Colvin H. Todd started out 
in life with that advantage, and that 
fact helps to explain his present posi- 
tion of eminence. He is a direct de- 
scendant of Mary Todd, the wife of 
Abraham Lincoln. "Toddy" even 
seems to have acquired something 
from Lincoln, but it was not a physi- 
cal likeness. For Lincoln was tall and 
angular; "Toddy" is short and round ; 
Lincoln possessed a long, sad face, 
upon which was imprinted the burdens of a nation ; 
"Toddy" possesses a chubby, rotund face, which is 
neatly decorated with two twinkling, mischievous, 
blue eyes. Those eyes reveal the quality "Toddy" 
has acquired from his ancestors ; namely, a fine 
sense of humor. He looks at life thru a bright 
glass, and the product is a perpetual smile, which 
has done much toward keeping alive the good 
spirit of the First Battalion. 

"Toddv" was born in Bastrop, Louisiana, April 
13th, 1891. He attended the Public and High 
Schools of Bastrop, after which he studied in Val- 
paraiso University in Indiana. He then went into 
the employ of the Pullman Company, Chicago, Illi- 
nois. There he undertook to master all phases of 
work, but it is understood that he specialized on 
the "Culinary Department," one of the chief func- 
tions of which is to know how to butter toast. Nor 
were his activities confined to the one department ; 
he at one time displayed great diplomacy in the 
handling of Negro porters. But six years of expe- 



rience made "Toddy" the head of the Auditing De- 
partment, and it was in that position that the war 
found him. 

Called from the quiet pursuits of peace, he be- 
took himself to the Second Training Camp at Fort 
Sheridan, where he arrived August 27th, 1917. By 
November 27th he had completed a strenuous 
course of instruction and had acquired all the 
knowledge necessary to be commissioned a Second 
Lieutenant. Assigned to foreign service immedi- 
ately, he proceeded to Hoboken, New Jersey, from 
there to Liverpool, England, and then to La Havre, 
France, arriving there January 16th, 1918. His 
education was then continued in the American In- 
fantry School at Chatillon-sur-Seine, where to 
young, enthusiastic and ambitious officers are ex- 
plained the mysteries of the automatic rifle and the 
grenade. This work completed, he was assigned to 
Company H, 166th Infantry, 42nd Division. After 
joining Company U, he was temporarily detached 
on liaison service with the 112th French Infantry, 
which was located before Nancy. 

Returning, Lieutenant Todd served thru Lor- 
raine, Champagne, Chateau Thierry and Saint Mi- 
hiel, as a member of Company H, Second Battalion. 
He was then transferred to Company D of the First 
Battalion, serving with that organization in the 
Meuse-Argonne. His record at all times has been 
one of courage and efficiency, but he only sprang 
into prominence, when, as a patrol leader, he en- 
tered the outskirts of Sedan, thus reaching the far- 
thermost point in the enemy lines ever attained by 
any American officer. Lieutenant Todd was pro- 
moted on November 9th, 1918. 



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FIRST LIEUTENANT LEE MAXWELL ALLEN 

a Elizabeth Street 
Ameterdam, New York 



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lEUTENANT Lee M. Allen was 
born in Rural Grove, New York, 
July 29th, 1895. He received 
his early education in the Common 
and High Schools of Amsterdam and 
later attended the Special School of 
Engineering of the General Electric 
Company of Schenectady, New York. 
After completing his work there he 
accepted a position with the General 
Electric Companv. 

June 9th. 1917, he left this firm to 
enlist in Company 11 of the 2nd New 
York National Guard, which later became the 105th 
Regiment of the 27th Division. At the time he 
enlisted Company H was guarding the Lake Cham- 
plain Canal, but shortly afterward moved to Long 
Island Sound. Still later the unit moved to Camp 
Wadsworth, Spartansburg, South Carolina, for 



his unit was bri- 
of British shock 
in reserve behind 



winter training. At that place Lieutenant Allen 
went to an Officers' Training School from January 
1, 1918, to April 28th, 1918. May 17th, 1918, saw 
him leave Newport News, Virginia, for France, 
and on May 30th he landed at Brest. Owing to 
the crisis on the British front 
gaded with the 66th Brigade 
troops. The 27th Division was 
Kemmel Hill, when Lieutenant Allen was commis- 
sioned and assigned to the 42nd Division. He 
joined Company C of our battalion on August 1st, 
1918, just as we were emerging from Chateau 
Thierry. He participated in the St. Mihiel Drive 
and in the early stages of the Argonne, after which 
he was forced to go to the hospital. While at Som- 
merance he was recommended for promotion, re- 
ceiving the same on November 8th, 1918. He re- 
joined the battalion at Beffu as it was returning 
from Sedan. 




FIRST LIEUTENANT THOMAS LAWRENCE FREEMAN 

336 Mystic Street 
Arlington, Massachusetts 



f^ IRST Lieutenant Thomas L. 
I Freeman is one of those rare, 
wholesome personalities one 
r,.- i^ meets but once in a lifetime. He is 

ir^s-A jovial by nature, keen of wit, strong 

of intellect. He plays hard and he 
works hard. In action he is cool and 
courageous and displays e.xcellent 
judgment. Indeed, "Tommy" pos- 
!t^ sesses all the attributes that go to 

njj make up a field leader. 

y^^,^ "Tommy" was born in Arlington, 

"--^- Massachusetts, April 8th, 1896, but 
moved to Somerville, in the same state, at an early 
age. There he was a conspicuous member of the 
Public and High Schools. With High School com- 
pleted, the next move was to Harvard University, 
where on September 15th, 1915, he entered the Aca- 
demic Department. He remained until May 12th, 
1917, at which time he answered his country's call, 
and entered the Officers' Training Camp at Platts- 
burg. Three months of hard training transformed 
"Tommy" the student into "Tommy" the Second 
Lieutenant in Uncle Sam's young army. He was 
assigned to the 76th Division at Camp Devens, but 
after three days was transferred to the 42nd Divi- 
sion, which was then in process of formation at 
Camp Mills, New York. Lieutenant Freeman was 



assigned to Company D, 166th Infantry, which 
.sailed for France on October 18th, 1917. 

In France "Tommy" found himself once more a 
student, this time at the American Infantry School 
at Gondrecourt. The school lasted from November 
25th to December 29th, 1917. Returning to his 
company, he was able to be of great assistance in 
the subsequent days of preparation for the first 
entry into the trenches. 

Lieutenant Freeman served thru Lorraine, per- 
forming the irksome and routine duties of trench 
warfare, in an efficient manner. Then came Cham- 
pagne, Chateau Thierry, Saint Mihiel, Meuse- 
Argonne and the final episode of Sedan, in which 
Company D figured so prominently. Indeed, it was 
"Tommy's" excellent work as a patrol leader which 
was largely responsible for our regiment's advance 
in those last trying days. For this work he has 
received a Regimental Citation. 

The day after the Armistice, November 12th, 
1918, "Tommy" was transferred to Company E, 
Second Battalion. He left us at BeflFu, and his loss 
was a source of regret to every officer in the bat- 
talion. Since joining the Second Battalion he has 
attended the American Infantry School at Chatil- 
lon-sur-Seine, extending from February 10th to 
March 10th, 1918. He was promoted September 
12th, 1918. 




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SECOND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM THOMAS MORAN 

5815 Franklin Avenue 
Cleveland, Ohio 




'C^. 



WILLIAM Moran is everything 
his name implies. He is good 
natured, appreciates a good 
joke, has a fine sense of fair play, and 
like all Irishmen, is a good soldier. 
As a soldier, "Micky" has probably 
had more experience than any other 
man in the regiment. His story is, 
indeed, an interesting one. Born 
February 16th, 1879, at Cleveland, he 
attended the Parochial and High 
Schools of that city, after which he 
worked as a pressman for the Stand- 
ard Oil Compnay, 1894 to 1898. On June 27th, 

1898, he enlisted in the 5th Ohio Infantry, which 
he joined at Tampa, Florida. The regiment never 
sailed, but broke camp in August and went to Fer- 
nandina, Florida, where it remained for two 
months, returned to Cleveland and was mustered 
out November 8th, 1898. But "Micky" was not 
out long, re-enlisting the very next day in Company 
B, 22nd Infantry, which unit he joined at Fort 
Crook, Nebraska. He left there January 26th, 

1899, for the Philippine Islands, sailing from San 
Francisco in the transport Senator, and landing at 
Manila on March 4th. There he saw service thru 
the Filipino Insurrection, being at different times 
under the command of Generals Wheaton, McAr- 
thur. Bell and Funston. In October, 1901, he re- 
turned home as a casual with Colonel Tully McCrea. 
On the journey his ship, the Sheridan, was ship- 
\\recked in the China Sea, and the passengers 
landed at Nagasaki, Japan, when they we 'e forced 
to lay over for twenty-nine days. While in this 
Japanese city the American soldiers were treated 
as citizens and not as soldiers. 

March 4th, 1902, found "Micky" once more en- 
listing in the 22nd Infantry. This time he was sent 
to Monterey, California, where he remained until 
1905, then went again to the Philippines. He re- 
turned, was discharged, and once more enlisted at 
Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, where he was 
placed in the General Service Infantry, remaining 
there until 1907. Then the roving spirit conquered 
again, and he is seen for the third time going to 
the Philippines. At this time he was with the 
22nd Infantry. After two years he returned home, 
only to re-enlist in General Service Infantry at Co- 
lumbus Barracks, Ohio, where he remained until 



November, 1910, when he was placed on duty as 
General Service Infantry Recruiting Sergeant at 
Harrisburg and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This 
job kept him busy until May, 1911. Then, back to 
the islands he went, sailing from Angel Island on 
June 4th on the transport Buford. June 22nd. 1913, 
he was discharged, returning to the United States 
as a civilian on the steamship Thomas. But the 
old call came again. "Micky" re-enlisted at Angel 
Island on September 4th, 191 ;>, remained in Gen- 
eral Service Infantry until September 2nd, 1914, 
when he was transferred to the 30th Infantry and 
made First Sergeant of Company M on September 
28th. The regiment went from San Francisco thru 
the Panama Canal, — the first troops ever to pass 
by that route, — to New York, where on January 
17th, 1915, it paraded. Afterward the organiza- 
tion took station at Plattsburg Barracks, where it 
remained until May, 1916, during which time the 
Business Men's Camp was held. In May, 1916, the 
30th Infantry moved to Camp Wilson, San Antonio, 
Texas, remained there but a short time and then 
moved to Eagle Pass, Texas. There the regiment 
was split up slightly in order to make the 37th 
Infantry. The 30th Infantry then moved to Syra- 
cuse, New York, where it made the 38th and 39th 
Infantry Regiments. October 28th, 1917, the regi- 
ment left Syracuse for Camp Green, Charlotte, 
North Carolina. There he left the regiment to 
attend the Third Officers' Training Camp at Fort 
Oglethorpe, Georgia, at the conclusion of which 
he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. April 
30th, 1918, he sailed for France, arriving at St. 
Nazaire on May 12th. He joined Company M, 30th 
Infantry, at Arc-en-Barrois on June 1st. The 30th 
Infantry was in reserve at Chateau Thierry. 
"Micky" went to school at Langres from June 19th 
to July 19th, and then was assigned to the 92nd 
Division as an instructor from July 19th to August 
12th. From August 12th to October 19th he was 
with the 6th Division, doing a hitch in the Vosges 
Sector near Sulseran. October 19th he joined the 
42nd Division at St. Georges. 

At St. Georges and in the trying days before Se- 
dan Lieutenant Moran displayed all the cjualities 
of a brave man and an efficient officer. Altho he 
has been with Company D but a short time, he is a 
prime favorite with that company's officers and 
men. 




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COMPANY ''D" ROLL 



Name 

First Sergeant — 

Laughnian. William. 

Mixs Scryinnt — 

Meddles. Clifford A 

Supiilil Sirru'diit — 
Ford, Frank M 

Sergi'ttnts — 

Smith, William 
Woodruff. HouK r 
Bailev, Hoy 
(iand'de. (lill'ord M 
Red. Earl K 
.Jones. Claude E . . 
Stafford, Charles. . 
Dutton, Thomas R 
(irace. Otto M. . . . 

Ilultz, Elmer 

Sweeney, Edward A . 
ITurless, Orb.\- 

Corjmriils — 

Sullivan, Samuel W 

Si)aiu, Basil A 

Hupe, Carl C 

Damon, Karl E 
McClure, Harry C 
Klim'. IIuRh M . 
Welcli, Frank . 

Waits, Ralph 

Williams. Lester L 
Jenkins, Joseph B . 
Gillespie, Edward 
Terry. Roy V 
Douglas, Kennel li 
Fareas, John 
Maze. Clifford 1'. 
Molihan, Clifford 
Tropj), I'hilip 
Miller, Fred F 
Ald)otf, ConU' W 
Ralston, Forest E . ^ . 
Bergnum, Walter W 
Adams, Creorge 
Fldington, Joim , . 
Beaeh, Perry A 
Dehiasi. Leopoldo 
Freshour. Earnest . . 
(ireene. Franci-s A 

Ilam. John () 

Kehm, Joseph (i 
Xanee, Oscar . 
Willour, Jesse M 
Wood, Guy V 
Cooks — 

Cenkner, Jolm , 
Stemmler, Robert (i . 
Dennis, (feorge A , , . 
Vird(-n, Sheldon S 
Mechanics — 
Smith. Jacob 
Henley, Thomas 11 
Brown, John A 
Baer, Grover J 

Pricates. First Class — 

Adams, Lee 

Adams, Simon 
Benner. Charles C 
Berrv. Dwight 
Betz. Carl F 
Bodernia. John A 
Boyd. Austin D 
Brooks. Delbert 
Burroughs. Jolin W 
Cannon. Fred 
Dean, Clarence. . 

Dore. Scott L 

Fi'dd, Ulvsses 

Forbr.s, Boyd E . . . 



Town State 

Marion Ohio 

Richwood . Ohio 

Covington K"Ul ueky 



ALirion 
Van Wert . 
Marion. . . 
Van Wert . 
Marion . 
Marion . . 
Marion 



Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 



Marion Ohio 



Marion , 
Marion . 
Marion . 
Ohio Citv 



^Marion 

North Lewisburg 
Marion 
Arcadia ... 
Hillslioro . 
Hillsl)oro. . 
Marion , . 
Hillsboro . . 
Mari(jn 
Marion . 
p^'ostoria . . 
Marion . 
Huntsville 
Salem 
Marion. . . . 
Marion . . . 
Newark 
Marion 
PeebUs 
Marion , . 
Toledo ... 
Datto 
Columbus 
Ohio Cily 
Brooklyn 
Alarion . 

Troy 

Lake 

Marion 
Ironton 
Marion 
Marion 



Marion 
Bradenville 
Cardington 
LaRue 



Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohoi 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

New Jersev 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

.Xi'kansas 

Ohio 

Ohio 

New York 

Ohio 

Tennessee 

Mis.sissippi 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Oliio 

Ohio 



Ohio 
Penna. 
Ohio 
Ohio 



^Larion Ohio 

Hillsboro Ohio 

Columbus Ohio 

Wauseon , Ohio 



Marion 

Marion 

Toledo 

Marion 

Fostoria 

Salem 

Marion 

Hillsboro 

Marion 

Stoney Cr >el 

Old Mines 

Dcirry 

Marion . . 

Hornbeak 



Ohio 

Oliio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

No. Cai-oliiia 

Missouri 

New Hau'p. 

Ohio 

Tenness?p 



Name 
Garcia, Leonard P 
Gleaspen, Haskel J . . . 
Hancock. William L 
Harris. Sampson 
Hersliberger, Harry 
Holmes, Irvin C , 

Mower, Honi' r 
Humphrey, James C 
Kappral. Anthony ... 

Kayloi'. Frank E 

King, Mark T 
Lamb, Ivan C 
Lattin, Elwin M 

Lee. Thomas V 

Lindeman, Loo A , . 
Majinski, Victor 
Millard, Sylvester . . 

Muraski, John 

Myers. V^ernel. 

McClure. Charles L 

McClure, Pearl 

McCormick, James S . . 
McDonough. St"phen 
Pappenfuss, Rudolpli (I 
Payne. Shelly A , 
Piacentini, Buonofede 
Pickt rel. Marvin O . 

Rausch, Lloyd 

Reinchield, R;iy . . 
Renfro. Arthur 
Reynolds. Harry . 

Rhoads, Ross 

Richmond, Demm'r 
Russell. Jam -s E 
Scha' fer. Elm- r M 
Shand r. Mi<diael 

Smith. Harry O 

Stickney. Omer S 
Ta^dor. Leonard 
Thomas, Warren S 
Vance, Leroy S 
Vella. Steve 
Vesinsky, Stanley 
Winter, Peter ,. , 
Wooster, Earnest 
Wys;)ng. Bernard K 
Yurt. \\ illiam E 
Zilinski. Szczepan 
Zukoski. Anthon\ 
Frirates — 

Andrewskewiez. Willii.m 
Anthony. Marshall B 

Brown. p;ine-r L 

Brown. William 

Calvert. Edmond G 

Carpenter. William W. 

Chinici. Rosirio 

Clinger, August J 

Connelly. John 

Cook. Earl C . 

Cooper, Allen 

Corbett. Al 

Cross, Eugene 

Crowl, Andrew 

Donley, Guy 

Dunn, Levi S 

Elder. George O 

Essex, Malcolm 

Foeosi, Angelo 

Goff. Cary 1' 

Grooms, Anver 

Grounds, Clav 

Hall, William 

Hamm, Re.x C 

Hamilton, Harhy 

Harbin, Ned .J 

Hartman, Charles 

Hartzog, John H 

Hruska, Joseph. 

Huff". ^Larion 

Jenkins, Homer C . , 

Jordan, Edward C 



Town State 

New Orleans. . Louisiana 

Marion Ohio 

Providence So. Carolina 

Seville Florida 

Broadway Ohio 

Jonesville Virginia 

Fostoria Ohio 

Peebles Oliio 

Scranton Penna. 

Marion Ohio 

Smiths Station . . . Alabama 

Marion Ohio 

Lockwood Ohio 

Jacksonvilb . . . . Florida 

Delphos Ohio 

Toh^do Ohio 

Harvey Iowa 

Jersciy City. . , New Jers:\y 

Arcadia ..... ( )hio 

Marion . Ohio 

Urbana. Ohio 

Seaman. Ohio 

New York . , New Y^ork 

Toledo Ohio 

Ariton Alabama 

Carney Iowa 

Marion Ohio 

Marion Ohio 

Pleasant ville Ohio 

Cuzick Kentucky 

Coal (rrove ( »hio 

Wintersi't Iowa 

Tillie Kentucky 

Marion Ohio 

S;deMi Ohio 

Johnefta Penna. 

Marion Ohio 

Marion Ohio 

Birmingham . Alabama 

Marsilles Ohio 

Hillsboro Ohio 

Luxor I'enni. 

Langraft' West Virginia 

Delaware Oliio 

Pickerington Ohio 

Princeton West Virginia 

•lolinston. Penna. 

Hraddock Penna. 

Durvea Penna. 



.Superior 

Marion 

-Vgosta 

Akron 

Betheda 

Shelby 

Philadelphia , 
Upper Sandusky. 
Chicago 
Marion. 
Hillsboro, 
Toledo 



Marion 

Toleilo 

Puxico 
Carthon 
Marion 
Chicago . 
I'nicm City 

Marion 

Salem 

Hillsboro 

Leetonia 

Birmingham 

Ohio City 

New York 
Marion 
Kitts Hill. 



Wisconsin 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

No. Carolina 

Penna. 

Ohio 

Illinois 

(.)hio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Missouri 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Illinois 

Tennessee 

Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 
Ohio 
Alabama 

Ohio 

New York 
Ohio 
Ohio 



84 



Name 



Toiiii 



Sllllr 



Kclirwer-kiir. William V. 


M;iriim 


(>Ih'> 


Kinncv, William P 


Toledo 


Ohio 


Lee. Benjamin S 


Jasper 


Florida 


Long, Carl D 


( 'ohiiTdiiis 


(Ihi.. 


Lowerv, Charles H . . 


Loiiir Islaii'l. 


.\ial)a ma 


Malanowski. Wladvslaw. 


Hullalo 


Xe\\ \nrU 


Maston. Husscll C 


LaKui' 


Ohio 


Masln)|)i)lite, John 


( 'larkslmrg 


U'esI \'irj:i 


Medsker. John P 


Marion 


Oliio 


Mellaceo, Antonio 


Port Ki'im ■ 1\ . 


I'enna. 


Miller, P\)rrfst B 


DanvlUe 


VirKinia 


Miller, Purdle 


Kien/.i 


Mississippi 


Morgan, ()r\ille L 


Coal drov;' 


Ohio 


Mei:),)naUl, Frank I. 


Cardinglon 


. Ohio 


Xelson, Henrv H , 






Xightingale. Henrv E 






Xoggle, William 


Marion 


(Jhio 


Pollitt, John 


Flemeiisl)nr^ 


. . Kenluek\ 


Powezanas, Hairis 


Toledo 


. Ohio 


Pritchard, Jani' s K 


Cleveland 


, Tonnes-; . ■ 


Kav. William (" 


(iatnum 


Mississippi 


Hcnfro, Hughi ■ , , 


Cuziek , 


. Kentnekv 


Russell, (ieorge. 


Carters\ill ■ 


, Kentueky 



J\'ame 

Ivussi'U. \'<'rner 
.Shimh-olT. ( 'l.-ireU'- ■ 
Sinilli, C'ori^v W 
Smith, Willi nil V 
Soldo, Ijiiiiii 
S|)arks. .Vlherl 
Sta-ushrrv. Walk.'r 15 
Tate, Pleasant II . , 

Taylor, .John 

Tippet, (irover 

Trautnr.m, Lonis W 
Ulalowski, Konst:i It >■ 
I'line, Jam's .V 
Vampola, Fr.mk 
Veiilriee, Fr.i.nk . . . 
\'ic-kiiair, Albert , . 
Ward, John C 
Wells, Oranville H 
Willia.-ii>. David 1{ 
Williams, K.dph S 
Willatrdi, Siiiilord II 
Woolis, J, dm A 



V'oufi Stale 

I'ollor-k Missis<i|)pi 

Fosii>ria Olno 

Marion Ohio 

Tusi-uml)ii I .\lal>ama 

l'iHsl)urgli I'eiiiia. 

Doiejlas W.\ ciiiiiiiir 

Sardinia ( )liio 

Hatto \rkaii-a~ 

I'rhana ( )liio 

Marion Ohio 

Vandergrifl P.iiiia. 

Bra.ddoek Peiiiia. 

Marion Ohio 

South Omaha Xehi-.iska 

Brooklyn Xew York 

iteserve Ijouisiana 

Beverly M;isas:duiselt< 

Marion Ohio 

.Marion Ohio 

■Vltoima Penna. 



WOUNDED 



Name I'Ime 

.S'f rgi mils — 

Banner, Chester W Xear Oureq Rivfr 

Dutton. Thomas R Xear Oureq River 

Hultz, Elmer L Xear Oureq River 

Hurless, Orliy Meuse-Argonne 

Lewis, Daniel W Xear Onre(| Ri\er- 

Tavlor, Hubert St. .Mihiel 



Date 



Corpiiruls — 

Al)bott. Corde W Near Oureq 

Dombaugh, Roliert E . Near Oureq 

Gillespie, Edward. . . . St. Mihiel , 

Hoy, Jay , , , , Aiieerviller. 

Jenkins, .Joseph Aiieerviller . 

Miller, P'red F Aiieerviller 

Molihan, Clirt'ord Xear Oureq 

Simmons, .Ldm F Xear Oureq 

Smith. Dale Xear Oureq 

Terry. Roy V Xear Oureq 

Welr-h. Frank Xear Oinv(| 

J'rifirtis, First Chis.'i — 

Atlams, Lee Xear 

Adams, Simon Xear 

Beaeh, Perr\- A Xear 

Berry, Dwight Aneer 

Brady, ]Milo Xear 

Brieker, Harry F X^ear 

Burroughs, Jidm W X'<'ar 

Condron, Thomas W. Xear 

Douglas, Kenneth Xear 

Freshour, Earnest W. Xear 

Freeka, X'ornian. Aneer 

(ileaspen, Haskel J Xear 



Ki\ I r 
River 



Hershlierger, Harry X'ear 

Holmes, Irvin C \nc-ei 

Kehm. Joseph (! Xear 

Lindeman. Leo A Aneer 

Marshall, Carl S Xear 

Monahan, Frank R Xear 

MeClure, Charles. Xear 

MeClure, Pearl. Xear 

Nance, Oscar Aneer 

Pappenfuss, Rudolph ('• .\neer 

Poulos, Jack Xear 

Reese, Edward (i Near 

Roy. Andrew Xear 

Russell, .James E Aneer 

Santarelli, (Iroce , X<'ar 

Saylor, Vernon St. M 

Smoot, Ralph A Aneer 

Vella. Steve Near 

Wakely, Vern B Near 

Willis, Homer Near 

Willour, Jesse M Near 



Ollivq 

Oui<-(| 

Oure(| 

■viher 

Om-eq 

Oureti 

Oure(| 

Oureq 

Oureq 

Olireil 

\iller , 

Oureq 

Oureq 

viller 

( )ure(i 

•viller. 

Oureq 

Oureq 

Oureq 

( llireq 

viller. 

viller. 

Ourei| 

Oureq 

()ure(i 

\iller . 

Oureq 

ihiel 

■viller . 

Oureq 

Oureq 

Oureq 

Oureq 



F{iv( r 
Riv( r 
Rivir 
Ri^er 
Ri\ er 



Ri\ er 
l\i\ I r 
River 



River 
Jiiver 
Ri\-er 
River 
River 
River 



i{iver 
Ri\-er 

Rn-er 



River 
River 
Ri\( 1- 
Ri\xr . 



River 
River 
l{i\ er 



River 



River . 
River 
River 
River 



Jiilv 

.liil\ 

Jul\ 

Xo'v. 

July 

Sepl. 



Jul\ 

.IlllV 

Sepl. 

June 

June 

.liine 

.liilx 

.liil'v 

.liil'v 

.liil\ 

.liil\ 



.lulv 
.liilv 
July 
June 
.lulv 
.liil\' 
.lulv 
.lulv 
Julv 
July 

•llllle 

.lulv 

.Illl\ 
.llllli' 
.Inly 
.llllle 

•lulv 

JnlV 

Julv 

.liilV 

.llllll' 

.lune 

.lulv 

.lulv 

July 

.lune 

.lulv 

Oct. 

June 

Jidv 

Julv 

JulV 

Julv 



'-".I. 

b. 

-N, 

L'S. 



I'.lhS 
I '.MS 
I '.I IS 
I'.llS 

I '.lbs 
Itlls 



I '.lbs 
litis 

I'.MS 
I'.tbs 

l!»IS 

nils 

I'.lbS 
I'.IIS 

litis 
litis 

mis 



mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 

litis 

mis 
mis 

litis 
litis 



2S, litis 
litis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
mis 
litis 
litis 
litis 



Home 

Marion, Ohio 
^Jat•ion, Ohio 
Marion, Oliio 
Ohio City, Old. 
.Marion, (thio 
.Marion. Ohio 



I'eebl.'S, (thio 
Marion, Ohio 
Fostoria, Ohio 
I'nknown 
Marion, Ohio 
Marion, Ohio 
Marion, (thio 
Marion, Ohio 
Marion, ( thio 
-Maiioti. Ohio 
.Marion, ( thio 



.Marion, (thio 
.Maricui. Ohio 
Oliio Cit\-, Ohio 
Marion, (;thio 
Marion, Ohio 
Fostoria, Ohio 
Marion, Ohio 
Marion, (thio 



Hunts\ il 

.Marion, 

Marion. 

.Marion, 

.Marion. 

• lollesx ill 



le, Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Ohio 

(thio 

e, W 



Va, 



2s, mis 



.Marion, (tliii) 
Delphos, (thio 
Marion, Ohio 
Chicago. III. 
M.arioii, Ohio 
Prbana, Ohio 
Marion, ( thio 
Toledo, (thio 
.Marion. ( thio 
Van Wert, Ohio 
Toledo, (thio 
Marion, Oliio 
Salem, Ohio 
\'an Wert, (thio 
Pleasantville, (Jhio 
Luxor. Penna. 
Marion, Ohio 
Marion. Ohio 
Marion, (jhio 



fi5 



Name 



Place 



Witzel, Frank Near Oureq River, 

Wood, Guy C Near Oareq River. 

Priralcs — 

Bixler, Cliarles N Near Ourcq^ River. 

Boornian. Frank D Near Oarcq River. 

Braden. Alfred P Near Oiircq River. 

Bradshaw, Willa';d L Near Oureq River . 

Campanella, Tony Near Ourcq River. 

Carder, Jolm. Near Ourcq River . 

Clements. Ralph C Ancerviller 

Cole, Willie St. Mihiel 

Cook. Earl C Ancerviller 

Corn])ropst. .lohn C Ancerviller. 

Cramer. Harry .f Near Ourcq River. 

Daring, Robert A Near Ourcq River 

Dixon, Wallace 11 Ancerviller 

Dodds, Newt N St. Mihiel 

Field, Ul.vsses Near Ourcq River 

Fis(dier. John C Champagne 

Fletcher, Robert T St. Mihiel 

Foreman. Cecil E Near Ourcq River . 

Furnis, Emmet M Meuse-Argonne . . . 

Grounds, Clay Near Ourcq River . 

Hickman, Jacob R Near Ourcq River. 

Hoffman, Fred St. Mihiel 

Jenkins, Homer Ancerviller 

Jasinski, Stephen Near Ourcq River. 

Joyner, William N St. Mihiel 

Johns, Henry W. Near Ourcq River 

Kelly, Taylor Near Ourcq River . 

Lattin, Ehvin W Near Ourcq River. 

Lee, Thomas V Near Ourcq River. 

Maze, Clifford B Near Ourcq River. 

Millican, William R St. Mihiel 

McAninch, Ray C Ancerviller 

McCooey, George Near Ourcq River. 

McWade, Thomas L Near Ourcq River . 

Newman, Roy E Ancerviller 

Noe, Herbert' St. Mihiel 

Pickerel, Mar\in O Near Ourcq River . 

Relford, John St. Mihiel 

Reulet, Paul St. Mihiel 

Roliinson, Virgil Near Ourcq River 

Ronianko, William O Near Ourcq River 

Sander, James W St. Mihiel 

Shander, AHchael Meuse-Argonne . 

Shankle, Howard St. Mihiel .... 

Shearon, James W St. Mihiel 

Soldo, Luigi Ancer\iller . 

Slrcit, Lewis St. Mihiel . . 

Swingle, Earl Near Ourcq River 

Thompson, Harlcy F. St. Mihiel 

Trautman, Lewis St. Mihiel 

True, George N Near Ourcq River . 

Wakely, Harvey D Meuse-Argonne. . 

Walls, George E Near Ourcq Ri\er 

Was.son, John Near Ourcq Ri\-er . 

White, Duvernia St. Mihiel 

Whiteman, Lester E St. Mihiel 

Wickman, Roy C Near Ourcq River . 

Wood, Jose]5h P Meuse-Argonne . 

Wvlie, Hugh J St. Mihiel . . 



Date Home 

Julv 29, 191S Marion, Ohio 

July 29, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Julv 2d. 1918 Tol'io, Ohio 

Julv 29, 1918 Unknown 

Julv 29, 1918 D'lphos, Ohio 

Julv 29, 191S M.irion, Ohio 

Julv 2S. 1918 Mirion, Ohio 

July 28, 1918 B .Uefontain", O i 

June (), 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Oct. 1, 191.8 Unknown 

June ti, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

.lune (i, 1918 Toledo, Ohio 

Jidv 29, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

July 29, 1918 Toledo, Ohio 

June (), 1918 Marion, Ohii) 

Oct. 1, 1918 Mvrtle, Miss. 

Julv 28, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Julv 1."), 1918 IVbana, Ohio 

Oct. 1, 1918 Unknown 

Julv 28, 1918 Morral, Ohio 

Oct. 21, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Julv 29, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Julv 29, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Oct. 1. 1918 Baltimore, Md. 

June (i, 191S Kitts HiU, Ohio 

Julv 29, 1918 Toledo, Ohio 

Se|)t. 12, 1918 Unknown 

Julv 29, 191S Unknown 

Julv 28, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Julv 29, 1918 Youngstown, Ohio 

Julv 28, 191S Jacksonville, Fla. 

Julv 28, 1918 ]Marion, Ohio 

Sept. 24, 1918 Unknown. 

June (i. 1918 Marion. Ohio 

Julv 29, 1918 Youngstown. Ohio 

.lidv 29, 191S Bellefontaine, Ohio 

June (i, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Oct. 1, 1918 Unknown 

Julv 29, 1918 Marion, Ohio 

Oct, 1, 1918 Unknown 

Oct. 1, 1918 Unknown 

.lulv 28, 1918 Peebles. Ohio 

Julv 29, 1918 Unknown 

Sept. 19, 1918 Unknown 

Nov. r>, 1918 Jonetta, Penna. 

Oct. 1, 1918 Unknown 

Sept. 28, 1918 Unknown 

June 6, 1918 Pittsliurgli. Pa. 

Sept. 28, 1918 Unknown 

Julv 29, 1918 Toledo, Ohio 

Oct. 1, 1918 Unknown 

Oct. 1, 1918 Toledo, Ohio 

•lulv 29, 1918 Unknown 

Oct. 12. 191N Marion. Ohio 

.lulv 2it, 191s Youngstown. (.)liio 

Julv 29, 1918 Unknown 

Oct. 1, 1918 Unknown 

Oct. 1, 1918 Unknown 

July 29, 1918 Salem, Ohio 

Nov. 6. 191.S Unknown 

Se|)t. 12. 1918 Unknown 



A an! 

First Scrgcdtil — 

Markle, Curtis 

Mess Scrijcunl — 
Shields, Yam-y R 

Sirrjcdiits — 

Adams, Edwin P . . 
Barnes, William O 
Hartshon, Cloy D 
Knappeuberger, Paid 

Knickle. Da\'id 

McHenrv, Otto C 
Nickle, Clifford O 
Paschall, Gilbert V . 
Whitney, Leland L . 
Williams, Paul A 



TRANSFERRED 

Home Date Name Home Date 

Coi'iKtrtils — 

-Marion, Ohio Mar, l.'>, 191,s Adams, William O Marion. Ohio April 6,1918 

Davis, Charles Unknown Mar. 24, 191S 

Horseman, Ralph T. Marion, (Miio . Aug. 14, 1918 

Maricm, Ohio Mar. 2.5. Mils Irvine, Stewart H . Marion. Ohio Oct. 31, 1918 

Alartin, Raymond L Marion, Ohio Aug. 14, 1918 

Plummber, James E . Marion, Ohio .... May 8, 1918 

Marion, Ohio. . . Mar. 1."), 1918 Roberts, George W. . Marion, Ohio . . Nov. 11, 1918 

Marion, Ohio. Nov. 28, 1918 Seckel, Rollie Marion, Ohio Nov. 16, 1918 

Broadwav, Ohio Nov. 10, 1918 Severns, Reuben L ^Marion, Ohio Nov. 16, 1918 

Marion. ()hio. .. . Aug. 3,1918 WilUs, William Marion, Ohio Nov. 28, 191S 

Marion, Ohio .... Mar. 23, 1918 

Cle\-eland. Ohio . . Mar. 1.1, 1918 Primles, First Class^ 

Van Wert, Ohio. . Nov. 28, 1918 Head, Norris B Marion, Ohio .. . Sept. 26, 191S 

Marion, Ohio ... . Sept. 28, 1918 Hudson, George £ Marion, Ohio .. . Sept. 26, 1918 

Marion, Ohio .... Sept. 28, 1918 Nece. Earnest Marion, Ohio . . Dec. 30, 1918 

Marion, Ohio. , , Aug. 3, 1918 Smith, Steve Marion, Ohio. . . Nov. 16, 1918 



f6 



l\ame 


Home 




Dale 




Uhl. John 


. . Marion. Ohio . 


Jan. 


2.".. 


lids 


WaKimr, Alfred (" . , 


Marion, Ohio 


Xov. 


lb. 


lOls 


WciU'cr, Orvillc li 


\ oungstown. Ohio 


Nov. 


ir,. 


I'.IIS 


Vikc, Kussfll 


. Hillsboro, Ohio 


Aug. 


■-'7. 


I'.ns 


rinites — 










Adams, George W . . . 


Unknown 


Or'f. 


!l. 


litis 


Adkiiis, Lerov 


Marion, Ohio 


Sept. 


•_'b. 


litis 


Barrett. Bert C 


. . Marion, Ohio . 


Aug. 


27. 


litis 


Beekwitli, James. . . . 


. . Unknown 


Xov. 


'-'S. 


litis 


Boxwell, Claude N , 


Marion. Ohio 


Old. 


i:i! 


lill.S 


Bninnoii. Hoy 


Delphos. Ohio. 


Xov. 


•is. 


19 IS 


Campbell. Robert 


Marion, Ohio 


Xov. 


lb. 


191S 


CoUetta. Joseph . , , . 


. . Unknown 


Xov. 


2S. 


191S 


Coiizolo, Biagio 


. . Unknown 


Xov. 


2S, 


191S 


("ox. Frank L 


Marion. Ohio . . 


Mar. 


24, 


191.S 


("n^ss, Kugene 


. I^nknown. . 


Dec. 


2, 


19 IS 


Dellinger. (Men 0. , . . 


- . Marion. Ohio 


Se|,t 


ib! 


191S 


Dibartolo, (riaoomo. 


. . Unknown. 


Xov. 


lb. 


litis 


Kba, Russell 


. . Urhana, Ohio 


.hini' 


2b. 


UtlS 


p;stes, Leforest E . . - , 


- . Unknown. 


Xov. 


lb. 


191S 


Evans, Harrv 


. Marion. Ohio 


Oct. 


31, 


litis 


Petty, Clifford B . 


Marion. ( )hio 


Oct. 


:n. 


191S 


Plythe, George W . 


. Unknown. 


Oct. 


31, 


191S 


Fdlkerts, Hie 


. . Ihiknown. 


Ocd. 
.\ug. 


9, 
27, 


191N 


Fowler. Riehard E 


. . Unknown 


UtlS 


Fox. ("lotus 


. . , NIarion, Ohio 


Xov. 


2S, 


lOlS 


Friend, Harley A . 


Delphos, Ohio 


O.-l. 


31. 


19IS 


(rinn. Coat 


. Unknown 


Srllt 
Oct. 


lb. 

31. 


19 IS 


<}ray, Thomas L . . . . 


. , . Unknown 


191S 


Greek, John W 


. . Marion, Ohio 


Mar 


22, 


19 IS 


Otiantes, Calvan . . 


Unknown. 


Sept 


o. 


UtlS 


Heidman, Harry J 


Unknown. 


Julv 


2S, 


1918 


Helms. George W . . . 


. . llnknowu 


Xov 


2S. 


UtlS 


Heno, Wesley L 


. . Unknown 


Nov 


Ki. 


UtlS 


Herring, William 


, . Unknown 


Xov 


Ki 


UtlS 


Higgins, Claud S , , . , 


, - , Unknown 


Nov 


lb 


191S 


Hmlson, Lonnie 


. . Unknown 


Dec. 


30 


UtlS 


Humphreys, Roy T. . 


. . . Unkn<.)wn 


Nov 


2S 


191S 


Hunter, Austin 


, Unknown 


Nov 


lb 


UtlS 


Hively, Harvey 


. . . Salem, Ohio. 


Oct. 


31 


1918 


Jaekson, Leroy 


Marion, Oliio , 


Xov 


. 30 


UtlS 


Jacobs. William H 


Unknown 


Xo\ 


. lb 


litis 



l\unie Home 

.leukins. Roy G Unknown 

•loliiison. Lulh(>r Marion, (thio 

•lorilan. Edward C Unknown 

•lordan, .leremiah 1'. Unknown 

Kannachi. Bolulorie. Unknown 

Karezarek. Wawazyn Unknown 

Ki'Uey. .lohn '!" Unknown 

Krumlaul'. ('larencc .\rlington. Ohio 

LaBelle. .\rthur J. Upper Sandusky. ( 

Lee, Laborn Unknown 

Ledford. Rol)crt X. . . Unknown 

Livers, Kl/.a Unknown 

Lustdier, .\rnol(l . , . Unknown 

May, Fayette M . . Unknown. 
Miller, John C , Columbus, Ohio 

Moncrief, Parker J ... Unknown 

Moore, Floyd . , Marion. Ohio. . 

Morrison. Olto Marion. Ohio . 

Okert. Fred H Boston, Ma.ss 

Oltcan. .lohn Youngstown. Ohii: 

Owens. Wade Unknown 

Parr, Clay A Marion, Ohio , 

Partlow, Jesse J , , . Marion, Ohio 

Reardou. Edward C. . . . Unknown 
Rhoads. Charles H . . . Unknown . . 
Roush. Matthias B. . . Marion, Ohio 

Savanica. Joseph Unknown. 

Scearce. Paul (i . , , . Unknown 

Schepcrs. Louis Unknown 

Shellabarger. Thomas E Unknown 
Sipe. Harry . Unknown 

Sunimerland. (lien W Marion. Ohio . . 

Toole. Hernuiii Toledo. (Jhio 

Trego, Earl Van Wert. Ohio 

Urbaniak. .Iose|)h Unknown. . . 

Visconti, Gilbert J Unknown 

Wiggins. James Ihiknown 

Williams, .Sevmore Toledo, Ohio 

Wilson, Alplia T Marion. Ohio , . 

Woodruff. James A Van Wert, Ohio 

Wyland, John T Unknown 

Zavasky, Joseph P . . LInknown 



Dole 




Oct. 


!1. 1 


ills 


•lune 


7. 


itIS 


Jan. 


2.'), 


ills 


Oct. 


31, 


ills 


Aug. 


27. 


ills 


April 1.-). 


ills 


Oct. 


■■i\. 


lills 


Dec. 


311. 


litis 


.Aug. 


2-^. 


lillS 


Se],l. 


2b. 


lills 


X.)v. 


2S. 


mis 


Xov. 


2s 


litis 


Xov. 


lb. 


litis 


Xov. 


lb. 


litis 


Oct. 


it. 


litis 


Xov. 


lb. 


lills 


Mar. 


14, 


litis 


Mar. 


14, 


lills 


M.ar. 


15, 


litis 


Aug. 


27. 


litis 


Xov. 


Ki. 


litis 


Aug. 


27, 


lills 


(tct. 


31. 


litis 


Xov. 


lb. 


litis 


Sept 


2b. 


lills 


Xov 


30. 


lills 


Nov 


lb. 


lills 


Oct. 


31. 


lills 


Xov 


lb. 


lills 


Xov 


2S. 


lills 


Oct. 


31. 


litis 


Aug. 


27, 


UIIS 


Aug. 


27. 


litis 


(tct. 


31. 


lills 


Xov 


lb. 


litis 


Oct. 


31. 


litis 


Xov 


2S. 


lills 


Mar 


14 


lills 


Xov 


2S, 


UIIS 


Sejit 


. 1, 


UtlS 


Sept 


. 2(5. 


litis 


Sept 


. 2b. 


191 s 



87 




88 



SECTION VII 



OFFICERS 

1. Battalion Roll 

1 Present 
II Wounded 
III Transferred 



89 




First Battalion Officers in "Army of Occupation' 



ROLL OFFICERS 

Majors — 

James A. Samson Delaware, Ohio 

John C. Volka London, Ohio 

Captains — 

Russell Baker Delaware, Ohio 

Wayland Jones Clayton, North Carolina 

Edwin A. Coyle Pittsburgh Athletic Assn., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Leon W. Miesse Lancaster, Ohio 

Robert S. Postle Columbus, Ohio 

First Lienteuants — 

Earl W. Fuhr Columbus, Ohio 

George E. Crotinger Marion, Ohio 

Milton M. Latta Goshen, Indiana 

John Early Newton Lower Falls, Mass. 

Aubrey B. DeLacy 220 East 179th St., New York City, N. Y. 

Sinclair J. Wilson 110 Kent Street, Brooklyn, New York 

Alison Reppy Hillsboro, Missouri 

John B. Leslie 604 Fourth St., North East Minot, North Dak. 

Robert Blaine 2618 Albany St., Houston, Texas 

Earl P. Mosely 46 Mansion Street, Winooski, Vermont 

Michael F. Rockel Me.xico and Dunkirk Streets, St. Albans, L. L, N Y. 

Christian 0. Markson 334 East Rose Street, Owatonna, Minnesota 

Colvin H. Todd Chicago, Illinois 

Lee M. Allen 23 Elizabeth Street, Amsterdam, New York 

Second Lieutenants — 

Joseph M. Enfield Wellington, Kansas 

Albert B. Rankin London, Ohio 

Hobart Smith Patriot, Indiana 

Frank H. Kassen Naburn, Mis.souri 

Gabriel R. Miesse Lancaster, Ohio 

Earnest Broschart 1020 Tribune Building, Chicago, Illinois 

Paul V. Jackson 128 Bolton Avenue, Newark, Ohio 

William Thomas Moran Cleveland, Ohio 



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WOUNDED 



CAPTAIN Oscar O. Koeppel was assigned to 
Company C, June 22nd, 1918, and was the 
Commanding Officer of that company in Cham- 
pagne and in Chateau Thierry up until August 
28th, when he was wounded near the River Ourcq 
by shrapnel. The manner in which he conducted 
his company, even after he was wounded, brought 
him a Distinguished Service Cross. On his return 
from the hospital to the regiment he was made 
Commanding Officer of Headquarters Company. 
March l;Uh, 1919, he was made a Major. 

FIRST Lieutenant Charles Z. Henkle, -5822 Black- 
stone Avenue, Chicago. Illinois, was assigned 
to Company A on December 4th, 1917. Later he 
was transferred to the Machine Gun Company, but 
while operating with the First Battalion at Chateau 
Thierry was seriously gassed. He was later trans- 
ferred to the 90th Division, where he became a 
Regimental Intelligence Officer. 



FIRST Lieutenant Charles Raskerville, Jr.. (ill 
West 110th Street, New York, was assigned 
to Company A at Camp Mills, New York, on Sep- 
tember 12th, 1917. He served thru Lorraine, 
Champagne and Chateau Thierry. In Ciiampagne 
he was wounded in the shoulder and in Chateau- 
Thierry he was seriously gassed on July 29th, 1918. 

FIRST Lieutenant Christian Markson of Owal- 
onna, Minnesota, was assigned to Company 1) 
September 14th, 1917, served thru Lorraine, Cham- 
pagne, Chateau Thierry and Saint Mihiel, being 
seriously gassed at St. Benoit. 

FIRST Lieutenant Earl W. Fuhr was assigned 
to Company B at the home station, served thru 
Lorraine and Champagne and was wounded in 
Chateau-Thierry, being thrown against a tree by 
the force of an exploding shell. 



TRANSFERRED 



Breed, Amos F., Captain, 9:! Ivy Street, Brookline, 
Massachusetts, was assigned to Company C at 
Camp Mills, New York, September 12th, 1917, 
served thru the training period in France and in 
the trenches in Lorraine, until June 7th. 1918, 
when he was sent to the Staff School at Langres. 
On the completion of this course he was assigned 
to Headquarters of the 6th Army Corps, where 
he was made a Major. He was the idol of the 
officers and men of Company C and was recog- 
nized as one of the ablest men in the regiment. 

Bolin, Frank E., Second Lieutenant, was assigned 
to Company C December 2nd, 1917, served thru 
the training period in France and thru Lorraine, 
being transferred to the 26th, Division, with 
which unit at Soissons he won the Distinguished 
Service Cross. 

Booth, Charles H., First Lieutenant, 117V:i Detroit 
Street, Michigan City, Indiana, was assigned to 
Company A on March 3rd, 1918, served thru 
Champagne and Chateau Thierry, being trans- 
ferred to Company F on August 21st, 1918. 

Campbell, James Kirker, First Lieutenant, 65 
Franklin Street, Delaware, Ohio, was assigned 
to Company D in January, 1918, served thru 
Lorraine, Champagne and Chateau Thierry, and 
was transferred to Company E August 2.3rd, 
1918. 

Christopher, Harry V., Captain, East High Street, 
London, Ohio, was assigned to the First Bat- 
talion April 1st, 1918, and was transferred to the 
Third Battalion May ord, 1918. 

Crosley, Andrew, First Lieutenant, was assigned 
to Company D in January, 1918, and was dis- 
charged from the service March 1st, 1918. 

Echert, Alfred, Second Lieutenant, was assigned to 
Companv B April 1st, 1918, and was transferred 
April 1.5th, 1918. 

Eggers, Louis W., First Lieutenant, Victor, Iowa, 
was assigned to Company D September 14th, 
1917, and was transferred December 6th, 1917. 



Flagley, Harold L., Fir.st Lieutenant, was assigned 
to Company B December 4th, 1917, and was 
transferred April 1.5th, 1918. He rejoined the 
company on May 24th, 1918, and since that date 
has been at Division Headciuarters on detached 
service. 

Gaffney, Louis P., Second Lieutenant, was assigned 
to Company D November 24th, 1917, served thru 
Lorraine and was transferred to the o2nd Di- 
vision May 8th, 1918. 

Geran, George T., Major, 384 South Vine Street, 
Marion, Ohio, was assigned as Captain to Com- 
pany D at the home station. He served thru 
Lorraine with that company. On May 30th, 
1918, he was promoted to the rank of Major and 
assigned to the Second Battalion, as Command- 
ing Officer. 

Heindsman, Theodore E., Second Lieutenant, 
joined Company B August 15th, 1918, was trans- 
ferred to Company C, and left the battalion at 
Neuville-en-Verdenois on October 2nd, 1918. 

Henkle, C. Z., Fir.st Lieutenant, 5822 Blackstone 
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, joined Company A on 
December 5th, 1917, went to the hospital from 
Chateau-Thierry and later was transferred to 
the 90th Division. 

Iszard, Franklin K., Second Lieutenant, was as- 
signed to Company C on March 12th, 1918, and 
was transferred April 12th, 1918. 

Jackson, Harry D., Major, Circleville, Ohio, 
joined the First Battalion in the Seventh Train- 
ing Area, near Marlaincourt, served thru Lor- 
raine and Champagne and was on July 18th, 
1918, called to Regimental Headciuarters, where 
he has remained as the head of the Regimental 
Medical Corps, in which, of course, is included 
the First, Second and Third Battalion Detach- 
ments. 

James, L. D., Captain, was assigned to the First 
Battalion May 27th, 1918. He came from Base 
Hospital No. 31, to which he was returned for 
duty on June 29th, 1918. 



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Jaracz, W., First Lieutenant, was assigned to the 
First Battalion at Chateau Thierry, served thru 
Saint Mihiel, and on October 6th was transferred 
to the Third Battalion. 

Lear, Caleb B., was assigned to Company D on De- 
cember 4th, 1917. lie went with that company 
to the trenches in Lorraine. After winning the 
Croix de Guerre for leading the C. R. Zeppelin 
raid, he was transferred to the United States as 
an instructor April 2ord, 1918. 

Livingston, Walter F., First Lieutenant, 348 Crown 
Street, Brooklyn, New York, joined Company A 
on September 13th, 1917, and was transferred to 
the United States May 4th, 1918. 

Lutz, Frank S., Second Lieutenant, 501 West Ne- 
braska Street, Blair, Nebraska, was assigned to 
Company C on September 14th, 1917. He served 
thru Lorraine, making an excellent record as a 
pati-ol leader. On June 11th, 1918, he was trans- 
ferred to the 163rd Infantry, 41st Division. 

Maloney, H. L., Second Lieutenant, Morristown, 
Tennessee, joined Company A on December 4th, 
1917, served thru Lorraine, Champagne and 
Chateau Thierry in the capacity of Intelligence 
Officer. He was sent home after Chateau 
Thierry as an instructor. 

Miller, Leroy, First Lieutenant, Marion, Ohio, was 
assigned to Company D at the home station. 
January 5th, 1918. he was transferred to Com- 
pany A. He left that company to return to the 
United States on February 23rd, 1918. 

Milliken, Samuel Gibbs, Second Lieutenant, 4903 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, Te.xas, was assigned to 
Company D at the home station and was trans- 
ferred to the Supplv Companv on December 23rd, 
1917. 

Monnett, Milton, First Lieutenant, 1039 Intervale 
Avenue, Bronx, New York City, was assigned to 
Company A on July 14th, 1917, and was trans- 
ferred to Company M January 5th, 1918, with 
which unit he has served thru the war. 

Oyler, Frank L., 1322 Oak Street, Columbus, Ohio, 
joined Company B on July 15th, 1917, went with 
that company to France, from where, on account 
of sickness, he was transferred on November 
^6th, 1917, to the United States, later being dis- 
charged from the service. 

Paden, Russel H., First Lieutenant, 714 Julian 
Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, joined the 
First Battalion on April 24th, 1918, and was 
transferred May 3rd, 1918. 

Paul, Billie E., First Lieutenant, 227 Sjuth North 
Avenue, Washington Court House, Ohio, joined 
Company B at the home station. On November 
24th, 1917, was transferred to the Third Bat- 
talion of this regiment. A short time later he 
was sent to the L^nited States as an instructor. 

Peck, Virgil W., Captain, 501 South Marion St'-eet, 
Cardington, Ohio, joined Company A on June 
2nd, 1916, and was transferred to Company M 
on January 5th, 1918. 



Peterson, N. W., Second Lieutenant, was assigned 
to Company A on May 23rd, 1918, being trans- 
ferred a short time later to the 32nd Division. 

Postle, Franklin D., First Lieutenant, joined the 
First Battalion in the Seventh Training Area 
near Marlaincourt and was transferred to the 
United States on April 24th, 1918. 

Postle, Robert S., Captain. Shepard Sanatarium, 
Shepard, Ohio, ioined the First Battalion on 
May 3rd, 1918. Left May 27th, 1918, badly 
gassed. Rejoined the battalion at Repweiler, 
Luxembourg, on November 25th, 1918. 

Radcliffe, Frank C, Captain, Circleville, Ohio, was 
assigned to Company B on June 4th, 1918, and 
was transferred to the Machine Gun Company 
on July 21st, 1918. He is now Captain of Com- 
pany K of this regiment. 

Rea, Robert L., First Lieutenant, 199 F. Washing- 
ton Avenue, London, Ohio, joined Company C on 
April 9th, 1917. He helped recruit the company 
and organized it up to war strength, served in 
Lorraine and returned to the United States on 
June 4th, 1918. 

Reece, Carrol B., Second Lieutenant, Butler, Ten- 
nessee, was assigned to Company A on Septem- 
ber 13th, 1917, and was transferred to the 26th 
Division on May 6th, 1918. 

Richards, Alfred P. First Lieutenant, 18 Whitfield 
Road, We.st Sommerville, Massachusetts, was 
assigned to Company B on September 12th, 1917. 
In May, 1918, was appointed Adjutant of the 
First Battalion and owing to change of battalion 
commanders materially bore the brunt of the bat- 
talion administration in Champagne and Chat- 
eau Thierry. In August. 1918, was transferred 
to the Regimental Personnel Department. 

Rieser, Paul A., Second Lieutenant, 25 South Clover 
Street, Poughkeepsie, New York, was assigned 
to Company C on September 12th, 1917, served 
thru Lorraine, Champagne and Chateau Thierry, 
and on August 9th, 1918, returned to the United 
States as an instructor. 

Ryder, Robert C, Second Lieutenant, was assigned 
to Company D on March 24th, 1918, and was 
transferred to Company E on April 14th, 1918. 

Schmitt, Charles, Second Lieutenant, joined Com- 
panv D on March 12th, 1918, and was transferred 
to the 32nd Division on April 14th, 1918. 

Schmitt, Edwin L., Second Lieutenant, was as- 
signed to Company B on May 24th. 1918. and 
was transferred on June 5th, 1918. 

Wayman, Herbert L., First Lieutenant, was as- 
signed to Company B on March 12th, 1918. and 
was transferred to Companv D on April 15th, 
1918. 

Wood, William H., Second Lieutenant, New Y'ork 
City, was assigned to Company B on December 
4th, 1917, and was transferred to the 26th Divi- 
sion on May 8th, 1918. 

Wooley, Harold D.. First Lieutenant, Reynoldsburg, 
Ohio, was assigned to Companv D on December 
21st, 1918. He was transferred to the Third 
Division March 1st. 1919. 



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SECTION VIII 



LETTERS AND CITATIONS 

(Individual, Regimental and Divisional) 

I Awarded American Distinguished Service Cross 

II Awarded French Croix de Guerre 

III Regimental Citations 

IV Battle Participation 

V Letters and Citations by French Commanders 
VI Letters and Citations by American Commanders 



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AWARDED AMERICAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS 

The Commander-in-Chief, in the name of the President, has awarded the 
Distinguished Service Cross to the following: 



"Captain Oscar Kocppel, Ififif// Infantyu. 

"For extraoi'dinarv heroism in action near the 
Ourcq River, 28 July, 1918. 

"While leading his company forward in an attack 
through an intensive barrage Captain Koeppel gave 
proof of gi-eat courage and devotion to duty. After 
being severely wounded he refused to be carried to 
the rear until he had seen the front line established 
and had personally turned over all orders in his 
possession and given the necessary instructions to 
the officer next in command." 



•'Corporal William H. Hill, Compaiu/ A, I66tli 
Infantry (AS No. 92698), No. 2761. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action near Hau- 
mont, France, 27 September, 1918. 

"Corporal Hill, while establishing liaison with a 
separate unit of his patrol, under heavy machine 
gun fire, personally captured two prisoners, and 
after delivering them to a guard, continued with 
his mission. Me was severely wounded while per- 
forming this dangerous mission." 



"F/r.sf Lieutenant James A. Moseley, 166f/i in- 
fant ri/. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action at Camp 
Abri Roque, northeast of Suippe in the Cham- 
pagne, 15 July, 1918. 

"Lieutenant Moseley on the morning of July 15, 
1918, when the bombardment in the Champagne 
was at its worst, learning that one of his corporals. 
Earl E. Crabbe, 93145, had had his foot shot off, 
and that of two litter bearers trying to bring in 
Corporal Crabbe, one was killed and the other re- 
turned severely wounded, left his dugout, searched 
for, found and carried back his corporal for a dis- 
tance more than 400 yards with utter disregard to 
his own personal danger. 

"Lieutenant Moseley was killed in action on July 
28, 1918, at the Ourcq River near Seringes while 
gallantly leading his platoon into action." 



"Cook Joltn Wrobhle, attaclicd to Compaiu/ C, 
1 66f /i Infantry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action in Cham- 
pagne Sector 15 July, 1918. 

"At the time of the heavy bombardment of July 
1.5th to 18th, 1918, in the Champagne sector. Cook 
Wrobble, by his devotion to duty, served hot meals 
regularly to the men when they needed them most. 
In the forenoon of July 16, 1918, two direct hits 
from high explosive shells were registered on his 
kitchen ; one tore the limber of his kitchen to pieces, 
the other hit in the center of his reserve rations 
and destroyed the entire amount (750 rations), but 
Cook Wrolable never left his post, even when all 
others had deserted him. The undersigned was at 
the time in command of C Company, 166th Infan- 
try, and Cook Wrobble was attached to C Company 
as an instructor in field cooking. I was an eye 
witness to his gallantry, which cannot be expressed 
too emphatically." 



"First Lieutenant Auhrci/ B. DeLaey, 166th In- 
fantry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action near Hau- 
niont, France, 27 September, 1918. 

"Leading a patrol into the town, to ascertain 
whether or not it was .still occupied by the enemy. 
Lieutenant DeLaey came under heavy machine gun 
fire. Against greatly superior numbers, he con- 
tinued forward, and, entering the town, took two 
prisoners, from whom he gained valuable informa- 
tion." 



"Chaplain George Carpentier (First Lieutenant) . 

"Chaplain George Carpentier is awarded the 
Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary 
heroism in action near Cheveuges, France, Novem- 
ber 7, 1918. Volunteering for the service, he ac- 
companied a patrol as interpreter, and later, when 
our troops encountered stubborn resistance and 
sustained heavy casualties, he established a dress- 
ing station and under heavy shell fire administered 
to the wounded and dying, continuing this service 
after he himself had been twice wounded." 



"Private (first class) Harry Leonard, Companij 
C, 166th Infantry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action in Cham- 
pagne Sector, July 15 and July 28, 1918, near the 
River Oourcq. 

"During the period of July 15th to 18th, 1918, 
Private 1 cl. Harry Leonard, who was a runner 
with company headquarters, Company C, 166th In- 
fantry, during the heaviest of the barrage, was dis- 
patched to Battalion Headquarters with messages. 
Battalion Headquarters was from fifteen to sixteen 
hundred meters in the rear of my P. C. This entire 
area was swept by a bitter fire of high explosives, 
shrapnel and gas. Each time it was found neces- 
sary to dispatch a runner Leonard volunteered to 
go. His willingness to face what seemed 'sure 
death' was so evident that he was one of the prin- 
cipal topics of conversation among the officers and 
men in the dugout. 

"Then again, on the River Ourcq, July 28, 1918, 
when I myself was seriously wounded, and high 
explosive .shells were falling so thick and fast it 
seemed no human being could possibly live through 
it. Private Leonard jumped up from his place of 



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safety behind a dyke, with absolutely no thought of 
his own personal safety, helped to administer to my 
needs, as well as to assist in dragging ine to a place 
of safety. This was in direct observation of the 
enemy at a range of not to exceed 500 yards, and in 
a place swept by machine guns and small-calibre, 
high-explosive shells, a piece of which had just 
wounded his company commander." 



"Sergeant CUtford ThonipNoii, Cdnipainj C, 166tli 
Iiifantrii. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action near Som- 
merance, France, October 2."5, 1918. 

"Seeing an ignited hand grenade in the midst of 
his platoon. Sergeant Thompson, without hesita- 
tion, seized the grenade and attempted to throw it 
from the ditch. When leaving his hand the grenade 
exploded, seriously wounding him, but his act saved 
the lives of manv of his men." 



"Corporal Charles C. Ci'i/dcr, Contpaiiij C, 166th 
Infantry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action near 
Suippes in Champagne, July 15, 1918. 

"Corporal Cryder remained with his command- 
ing officer, who was overcome with gas, and as- 
sisted him to a place of safety during a severe bom- 
bardment, despite the fact that the officer repeatedly 
suggested that he leave him and seek safety for 
himself and that he had previously been instructed 
to seek shelter in a concrete dugout 1,000 yards in 
the rear in case of bombardment." 



"Sergea)it Cliarles Stafford, Companii D, lQ6tli 
Infantry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action at St. 
Mihiel and before Sedan, September 12, 1918, and 
November 5, 1918. 

"Sergeant Stafford, while in charge of a half 
platoon in St. Mihiel drive, September 12, 1918, 
did personally reconnoiter an advance position con- 
taining six (6) of the enemy and captured them 
single handed, thereby showing utter disregard of 
personal safety, when the men under his command 
were in imminent danger. 

"On November 5, 1918, he showed great courage 
and resolution and contriljuted largely to the suc- 
cess of the attack on the Sedan front by volunteer- 
ing and leading advanced patrols. His feet were in 
bad condition, and, although ordered, he would not 
leave his platoon until our battalion was relieved 
from the front line. He was then ordered to the 
hospital by medical authorities, but returned im- 
mediately upon learning that our company was to 
resume the attack on Sedan. He rejoined the com- 



pany during the advance November 8, 1918, and 
that night patrolled advanced German positions 
with his platoon and assi.sted the lieutenant in 
charge by his unswerving devotion to duty, encour- 
aging the tired and hungry men with words of 
confidence." 



"Private (fir.'^t elas.'^} [-Jriir.st 11'. Fn.'^hoitr. Com- 
ixiin/ D. \66fh h)faiitry. 

"For extraordinary heroism, in action at Ancer- 
viller, France, June 6, 1918. 

"Private Freshour was a member of the platoon 
which was holding G. C. 7 at C. R. Ancerviller on 
the night of June 6, 1918. During an enemy bom- 
bardment, previous to an attack on our position, 
all means of communication with the company P. C. 
were severed. The platoon suffered heavy casual- 
ties and were in need of assistance; the platoon 
runners having been wounded. Private Freshour, 
in company with another member of the platorjn, 
voluiiteered to carry a message to the company 
commander. In the face of heavy artillery and 
machine gun fire these two soldiers made their way 
to the company P. C, thus giving the company 
commander the necessary information enabling him 
to reinforce their position." 



"Prirate 
1 1/ fa lit r II. 



Finnic h\ Kaiilor, Company D, \661h 



"For extraordinary heroism in action northeast 
of Chateau Thierry, France, 27 July, 1918. 

"After he and a comrade located a hostile ma- 
chine gun in a clump of trees 500 meters north of 
a chateau which their platoon was holding, east of 
Fere-en-Tardonois, they secured the permission of 
their platoon commander to attempt to force the 
enemy to abandon this position, and advanced over 
open ground and in the face of fire. With their 
rifles they drove the enemy from their gun, killing 
one and wounding another." 



"Prirate Frank M. Ford, Companij D, I66th 
Infant ry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action northeast 
of Chateau Thierry, France, 27 July, 1918. 

"After he and a comrade located a hostile ma- 
chine gun in a clump of trees 500 meters north of 
a chateau which their platoon was holding, east of 
Fere-en-Tardonois, they secured the permission of 
their platoon connnander to attempt to force the 
enemy to abandon this position, and advanced over 
open ground and in the face of fire. With their 
rifles they drove the enemy from their gun, killing: 
one and wounding another." 



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AWARDED FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE 

•'Fir.st Lieutenant Aubretj B. DeLacij, IQ'oth In- -First Lieutenant Harry J. Loar, Companij B, 

fautrij. la&th Infantry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action near Hau- "For extraordinary heroism in action near 

mont, France, 27 September, 1918." Blemery, in the Liir.e/illa Sector, March 9, 1917." 

"First Lieutenant CaleJi B. Lear, Company D. "Sergeant David Russell, Company A, IQGth In- 

166th Infantry. fantry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action near "For extraordinary heroism in action near 

Elemery, in the Lune'ville Sector, March 9, 1917." Blemery, in the Luneville Sector, March 9, 1917." 

'■Private Dyer J. Bird, Company D, \66th In- 
fantry. 

"For extraordinary heroism in action in Lorraine 
from February 22 to March 21, 1918. 

REGIMENTAL CITATIONS 

The Commanding Officer, Colonel Benson \V. Hovigh, in the name of the 166th 
Infantry, United States Army, commends the following men: 



"Captain Russell Bake)', Commanding Officer, 
Company D, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
before Sedan, 7th and 8th of November, 1918. 

"Captain Russell Baker, l(i6th Infantry, was in 
command of Company D, the company sent to rep- 
resent the American Army with the French in tlie 
official entry into Sedan. Although his men were 
exhausted from months of marching and fighting. 
Captain Baker, by his own example of energy, cour- 
age and fortitude, inspired his men to make the 
effort necessary to advance into the suburbs of 
Sedan. 

"In addition, thru Lorraine, Champagne, Chateau 
Thierry, Saint Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne, Cap- 
tain Baker has displayed great courage and ability 
as a field leader." 



"Captain Wayland Jones, Commanding Officer, 
Company B, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near the River Ourcq, 28th of July, 1918. 

"Prior to the attack on the morning of July 23th, 
Captain Jones' company suffered very heavy casual- 
ties, — casualties which would ordinarily have de- 
stroyed the fighting value of a company. But Cap- 
tain Jones, by his energy and coolness, by giving an 
example of great personal courage, and by display- 
ing excellent qualities of leadership, kept his men 
together, maintained their usual high standard of 
morale and so inspired his men that they carrie:! 
all assigned objectives." 



"Captain Edu-i)i A. Coyle, Comma)iding Officer, 
Company A, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near the River Ourcq, 28th-31st July, 1918. 



"After losing his company commander. Captain 
Coyle assumed command of Company C, and during 
the remainder of the action displayed excellent 
leadership and by his own splendid example of 
coolness, courage and energy inspired his men to 
continued effort. 

"Later, in the course of the same action, showing 
utter disregard for his own personal safety, Cap- 
tain Coyle, in a hail of artillery and machine gun 
fire, rushed out from behind cover, picked up a 
wounded soldier, and carried him into safety." 

"Fir.'^t Lieutenant George E. Crotinger, Company 
D, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Sedan. 7th-8th of November, 1918. 

"First Lieutenant George E. Crotinger, 166th 
Infantry, commanded one of the two patrols sent 
out with the French to reconnoitre the enemy's 
position in front of Sedan on the night of November 
7th and 8th, 1918. Although the men were ex- 
hausted from days of hard fighting and marching. 
Lieutenant Crotinger, by his own courage and 
energy, so inspired his men that they continued to 
advance in the face of heavy fire, until they entered 
the suburbs of Sedan, thus reaching the most north- 
ern point attained by the American Army during 
the Meuse-Argonne offensive." 



B. DeLacy. Company 



"First Lieutetiant Aubrey 
A, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Baccarat, France, 6th-7th June, 1918. 

"When the patrol he was in command of at Bac- 
carat, France, was caught between two barrages, 
Lieutenant DeLacy displayed calmness and presence 
of mind, directing his men with such skill as to 
bring them back into our lines without a casualty." 



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"First LivxteiHDit Sinclair J. Wiltsuii, Coiinmnii 
C, 166th Iiifiiiitr!/. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Sommerance, France, 'J.'U-d October, 1918. 

"Leading a patrol from Sommerance across No 
Man's Land, Lieutenant Wilson passed thru the 
wire before St. Georges, found that it was suffi- 
ciently cut to allow passage of troops, and in the 
course of performing this duty discovered an enemy 
machine gun emplacement, the location of which 
greatly aided in the success of a subsequent attack." 



"First Liciitciiaiif Karl 11'. Fiilir. Com i)a)i!i B. 
166th Infcuitrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in the Foret-de-Fere, near the River Ourcq, 28tli 
of July, 1918. 

"He assisted in the dressing and evacuation of 
the wounded, while he was himself W(junded at the 
time but refused to go to a dressing station in the 
rear. After this Lieutenant Fuhr continued for 
several hours to e.xecute his duties with his com- 
pany during its advance until he was forced to re- 
turn to a dressing station thru exhaustion and suf- 
fering from his wounds." 

"First LiciitciKtiit John Enrlji, Adjiitdiif. Fii'st 
Bdftalion, 166th. Infcuitrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Sommerance, France, 14th-;'>Uth October, 1918. 

"Lieutenant Early, in the Meuse-Argonne ad- 
vance, displayed coolness, courage and excellent 
qualities of leadership. He mastered all orders so 
thoroughly, acquainted himself with the terrain and 
with the tactical situation, that he was able to be 
of invaluable assistance to his battalion commander. 

"In addition. Lieutenant Early has at all times 
and under all circumstances performed his duties 
enthusiastically and efficiently." 

"First Lieutenant Robert M. Blaine, Liaison Offi- 
cer, First Battalio)!, 166t}i Infantrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action in 
Champagne, 15th July, 1918. 

"Hearing that members of the battalion had been 
wounded. Lieutenant Blaine, showing utter dis- 
regard for his own personal safety, in the midst of 
the most terrific Ijombardment, left his dugout and 
personally carried and aided in the carrying of the 
wounded into safety." 

"First Lieutenant Alison Repjiij, Li/ellinoice 
Officer, First Battalion, 166th Infaniri/. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
before Sedan, 7th of November, 1918. 

"Leading an advance patrol of fifty men, the mis- 
sion of which was to develop enemy resistance. 
Lieutenant Reppy showed exceptional courage and 
energy in the face of heavy artillery and machine 
gun fire. Piercing the enetny line, he captured 
three prisoners in Chehery and passed on to the 
outskirts of the village of Cheveuges, which was 
three kilometers within the enemy defenses. There 
he remained until daylight, .serving as protection 
to the advancing regiment." 



"I-'irsi Lieutenant Thomas L. Freeman, Cnnii)anii 
J), 166th Infantrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
before Sedan, 5th-Gth November, 1918. 

"First Lieutenant Thomas L. Freeman. l(i(3th 
Infantry, was on November .^th and Gth, 1918, dur- 
ing the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, in command of 
Jin advanced patrol. His men, though worn out 
from days and nights of marching, were so in- 
spired by Lieutenant Freeman's display of courage, 
energy and excellent leadership that "they pressed 
the attack most vigorously, not permitting the 
enemy to prepare a position for defense, and forc- 
ing him to evacuate the towns of Chemery, Chehery 
and Cheveuges, leaving behind valuable military 
stores." 



"First Lientenant Charles Baskerrille, Jr., Corn- 
pan ij A, 166th Lnfantnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct during en- 
gagement with the enemy. 

"Although wounded on the night of July 14-15, 
1918, in the Champagne .sector, Lieut. Ba.skerville 
refused to be evacuated, but remained with his or- 
ganization until its relief. Later, in the Aisne- 
Marne offensive north of Chateau-Thierry, he again 
gave evidence of rare courage and faithfulness to 
dutv." 



"First Lientoiant Christian Marhson, Compani/ 
D, 166th Infantrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Haumont, France, 29th-80th September, 1918. 

"First Lieutenant Christian Markson, 166th In- 
fantry, while in command G. C.'s 1, 2 and ;} at P. C. 
(Jreene, Essey-Pannes Sector, on the night of Sep- 
tember 29th-30, 1918, gave an example of splendid 
courage and devotion to duty. While his position 
was being heavily shelled with shrapnel and gas, 
he went from one outpost to another, encouraging 
his men and strengthening the position, to repel the 
expected raid. He showed an utter disregard for 
his own personal safety; his exposure to gas at 
this time resulted in his confinement in a hospital 
for several months." 



"First Lieutenant Colrin H. Toild, Compani/ D, 
166th Infatitrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
before Sedan, 7th-8th November, 1918. 

"First Lieutenant Colvin H. Todd, 166th In- 
fantry, commanded one of the two patrols sent out 
with the French to reconnoitre the enemy's posi- 
tion in front of Sedan on the night of November 
7th and 8th, 1918. Although the men were ex- 
hausted from days of hard fighting and marching. 
Lieutenant Todd, by his own courage and energy, 
so inspired his men that they continued to advance 
in the face of heavy fire, until they entered the 
suburbs of Sedan, thus reaching the most northern 
point attained by the American Army during the 
Meuse-Argonne Offensive."' 



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"Fifst Lieidenant Joint H. Leslie, Compantj B, 
imth Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Ancervillers, France, 18th-19th May, 1918. 

"On the Lorraine Front he volunteered to lead a 
patrol of four men to the Hamlet of Ancerviller 
within the enemy's lines, remaining there for a day 
and night in order to find out whether or not the 
town was occupied by the enemy troops, it having 
been occupied continuously by them a short time 
previously. 

"He also showed great bravery and exceptional 
ability in leadership on two other special occasions, 
one being on a patrol in the St. Mihiel Sector, which 
entered the town of Haumont, and the other in the 
Argonne Offensive while leading a patrol which 
cleaned out the town of Chehery and held contact 
with the retreating enemy." 

"Second Lieutenant Paid V. Jackson, Companii 
B, l&Qth Infantrji. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Ancervillers, France, 18th-19th May. 1918. 

"On the Lorraine Front, as a Sergeant, he volun- 
teered to be one of a patrol composed of four men 
which went to the Hamlet of Ancerviller within 
the enemy lines, remaining there for a night and a 
day in order to find out whether or not the Hamlet 
was occupied by the enemy at any time during the 
twenty-four hours, and to gain any other informa- 
tion possible. The Hamlet had been continuously 
occupied only a short time previously and it was 
extremely uncertain whether the patrol could re- 
main the full time without being detected. 

"For the manner in which, while a sergeant, 
later, in Champagne and on the Ourcq River, 
when he held his platoon intact and continued its 
advance in the face of heavy shell and machine 
gun fire in spite of the fact that over one-half had 
been killed or wounded." 

"Sergea)it Earl B. ChtgMon (92753), Companij 
A. 166f/i Lnfantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 15th July. 1918. 

"At Champagne, France, July 15, 1918, Ser- 
geant Clugston volunteered and carried a message 
from the front line back to the Company P. C. 
through heavy shell fire." 

"Sergeant David Russell (92648), Compani/ A, 
166th infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Haumont, France, 21st of October, 1918. 

"Sergeant Russell was a platoon commander 
throughout the war and as such repeatedly distin- 
guished himself by exceptional bravery and devo- 
tion to duty. Commencing with the C. R. Zeppelin 
Raid which he voluntered to go out on he has been 
a member of every patrol the company sent out. 
As a member of the daylight patrol that operated 
before Haumont, France, October 21, 1918, he led 
a party into the town and when one of his men 
was wounded carried him back to our lines in plain 
view of the enemy and through heavy machine gun 
fire. On another occasion he volunteered and suc- 
ceeded in recovering the dead body of a comrade, 
which was lying outside the enemy positions and 
covered by enemy machine guns." 



"Sergeant Merrill Morton. Company A. \66th 
Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Seringes and south of Sedan, France. 

"On August 1, 1918, Sergeant Merrill Morton led 
the advance element of a patrol through the town 
of Seringes during the Aisne-Marne offensive; 
later he led a contact patrol in action south of 
Sedan. In these two instances and throughout all 
operations in which his company participated Ser- 
geant Morton gave evidence of rare courage and 
faithfulness to duty." 

"Sergeant Ernest Clark (92637), Company A, 
166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, July 15th, 1918. 

"During a heavy bombardment at Champagne, 
France, July 15th, 1918, Sergeant Clark went 
through a heavy bombardment, exposed himself to 
get one of his men who had been wounded, and car- 
ried him to cover." 

"Sergeant Edward S. Northrup (92620), Com- 
pany A, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Seringes-et-Nestles, France, 30th July, 1918. 

"During a counter-attack on Seringes-et-Nestles, 
France, the night of July 30th, 1918, Sergeant 
Northrup led a platoon into the town and cleared 
it of the enemy." 

"Mess Sergeant William E. Corwin (92658), 
Company A, 166t}i Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 15th of July. 1918. 

"During the intense bombardment at Cham- 
pagne, France, which preceded the enemy attack 
of July 15, 1918, Sergeant Corwin, then a cook, 
refusing to seek shelter, remained on duty at the 
kitchen, which was located in the open, and pre- 
pared a hot meal for the company." 

"Cook Frank L. Roddy (92820), Company A, 
166tli Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 15th of July, 1918. 

"During the intense bombardment at Cham- 
pagne, France, that preceded the enemy attack on 
July 15, 1918, Cook Roddy, refusing to seek shelter, 
remained on duty at the kitchen, which was located 
in the open, and prepared a hot meal for the com- 
pany." 

"Corporal Geortje W. LipicJi (92797), Compan)/ 
A, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 15th July, 1918. 

"Acting as a runner between the front lines and 
the Company P. C. at Champagne, France, Cor- 
poral Lynch made several trips through the heavy 
bombardment that preceded the enemv attack of 
July 15, 1918." 

"Corporal Acle S. Cencehaugh (92683), Com- 
pany A, 166f/( Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in St. Mihiel. 12th of September, 1918. 

"While a member of Battalion Intelligence 



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Gnnip at St. Mihiel, France. September 12, 1918, 
Corporal Cencebaugh entered a dugout occupied by 
eleven of the enemy and forced them all to sur- 
render." 

"Corpond Ii-rui E. Witlihsluijcr (928o:>), Coi))- 
IHWij A, 166^/i Infantrji. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Haumont, France, September, 1918. 

"\^'hile acting as a runner Corporal Wittibslager 
maintained liaison between Battalion Headquarters 
and a daylight patrol that was operating before 
I laumont, France." 

"CiirpiD-al Jo.sc'jjh RiiD/jjIi (9282."), Citni/tuin/ A, 
166tli Infant)'!/. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Sommerance, France, October 21, 1918. 

"During a heavy bombardment at Sommerance, 
France, on the morning of October 21, 1918. Cor- 
poral Rumph led a ration detail to the front line, 
directing his men with much skill and judgment as 
to accomplish his mission without a casualty." 

"Corpiiral Allen H. After (92734), Companii A. 
16(if/; Infantnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Sommerance, France, October, 1918. 

"After runners with messages from the company 
headquarters at Sommerance, France. October, 
1918. had been either lost or wounded. Corporal 
Arter, then company clerk, started for the front 
line through a heavy shell fire to secure the in- 
formation himself and was killed." 

"Private 1st Class Charles Shustei- (92832), 
Companij A. 166f/; hifantrtj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Haumont, France, September, 1918. 

"Private Shuster, while a member of a daylight 
patrol at Haumont, France. September, 1918, led 
an attack on a machine gun nest, continuing to 
advance in the face of a withering fire, until he 
was killed." 

-Private 1st Class Fvanl: WiUulmii (92726). 
Coinpani/ A, 166^/? Infantvji. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 1-5 July, 1918. 

"During the intense bombardment at Cham- 
pagne. France, that preceded the enemv attack on 
July 15, 1918, Private Wilhelmy. then a Mess Ser- 
geant, refusing to seek cover, remained on duty at 
the kitchen, which was located in the open, and 
prepared a hot meal for the company." 

-Private 1st Cla.<<s Frank E. Rhaads (92720), 
Cdinpamj A, 166th Infantrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne. 15-17 July, '18. 

"During the enemy attack at Champagne, 
France, on July 15-17. 1918. Private Rhoads, acting 
as runner, maintained liaison between the Com- 
pany P. C. and the front line, making several trips 
each day through an extremely heavy barrage." 

"Private Con.stantincjs Cafalonetcs (92682), 
Compani/ A, 166th Infant r}i. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near the Ourcq River. 28th of July. 1918. 

"On July 28, 1918, at the Ourcq River, France, 



Private Cafalonetes made eleven trips to the rear 
with wounded through a heavy shell fire." 

"Private Marshall D. Caveius (92750). Cnnipani/ 
A. 166th Infantrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near the Ourccj River, ?>Oth of July, 1918. 

"Acting as liaison agent with the French at the 
Ourcq River, July ;50, 1918, Private Careins main- 
tained liaison l)y making several trips in plain view 
of the enemy and through heavy machine gun fire." 

"Private Bnvt'ni Stvnl)h' (92842), Conipanii A. 
I66tli Infantvij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, July, 1918. 

"Acting as liaison man with an adjoining regi- 
ment at Champagne. France. July, 1918, Private 
Struble made many trips through a heavy barrage, 
being wounded five times in carrying out his 
mission." 

"Private Burvell Bvadtj (92680), Conipain/ A. 
166^// Infant)-//. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Haumont, France, 20th to 31st September, 1918. 

"During a raid on the town of Haumont, France, 
by the 167th Regiment, Private Brady volunteered 
to enter the town to aid some men who had been 
wounded and was wounded himself while doing it." 

"Private He)-be)i V. Shues>nith (92831), Co))!- 
/>an)/ A, 166th Infantr)/. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Haumont, France. 20th to 31st September, 1918. 

"During a raid on the town of Haumont, France, 
September 20th-31.st, 1918, by the 167th Regiment, 
Private Shoesmith volunteered and entered the 
town to aid some men who had been wounded." 

"Private Jesse MonncU (92807), Coniixnu/ A, 
166tli Infant)-!/. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Haumont, France, 20th to 31st September. 1918. 

"While establishing liaison between units of a 
daylight patrol at i laumont. France, September, 
1918, Private Monnell entered the town of Hau- 
mont, then held by the enemy, and captured two 
prisoners." 

"Private .}a)nes Perrin (92814), Comimni/ A, 
166tli Infantnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 15th July, 1918. 

"During the intense bomliardment at Cham- 
pagne, France, which preceded the enemy attack 
on July 15, 1918, Private Perrin volunteered and 
went through the barrage to secure first aid for 
some men of his platoon who had been wounded." 

"Pvivate Alfred G. \Vi)-tz (1415652), C<»npan!/ 
A. 166th Infantnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Sommerance, France. 21st of October. 1918. 

"During a heavy bombardment at Sommerance, 
France, on the morning of October 21, 1918. when 
everyone else sought cover in their fox holes, Pri- 
vate Wirtz, acting as a stretcher bearer, repeatedly 
exposed himself to care for the wounded. Alone 
and unaided he administei'ed first aid to eleven men 
during the heaviest part of the bombardment." 



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"Sergeant Levi V. Evwijer (92903), Conijnitnj B. 
l&&th Infamtry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near the Ourcq River and at Sommerance, France, 
July and October, 1918. 

"For bravery and devotion to duty sliown by him 
in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, where for four (4) 
days he had charge of all ration and supply details 
and carried out his arduous duties under constant 
harassing fire, with such coolness and efficiency as 
to win the admiration of all who saw him. 

"For bravery sho-wm near Sommerance, France, 
where while on his way to join his company with 
a comrade a heavy shell fire was opened up on the 
road and his comrade was wounded. Sergeant 
Bowyer stopped and dressed the man's wounds and 
then tried to carry him to shelter in a nearby town, 
but finding this impossible he secured litter bear- 
ers, returned, and carried his comrade to safety 
thru the heavy fire which still continued." 

"Sergeant Arthin- B. Kiiinej/ (92883), Comixiinj 
B, 166th Infantrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Ancerviller and in the Aisne-Marne and Meuse- 
Argonne Oft"ensives. 

"Sergeant Arthur B. Kinney had shown excep- 
tional coolness and heroism in all engagements in 
which this company has taken part. In the Ancer- 
viller Defensive, June 6, 1918, he was out in the 
trenches or in the open all thru the attack, encour- 
aging his inen and doing all he could for their 
safety. 

"In the Aisne-Marne and Meuse-Argonne Offen- 
sives he showed the highest type of courage and 
leadership, both on patrol and in action, always 
leading his platoon in every advance. In the Aisne- 
Marne Offensive on the morning of July 28th he 
helped care for the wounded men of his platoon 
and then advanced with the remainder across the 
Ourcq River in the face of heavy shell and machine 
gun fire." 



"For meritorious service in the Marne Offensive, 
where as a sergeant he took charge of his platoon 
and led them with great bravery and efficiency 
during the entire offensive." 

"Sergeant Graver C. Brakehill (92893), Com- 
panii B, 166th Infantnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near the River Ourcq, 15th of July, 1918. 

"For extraordinary bravery and devotion to duty 
shown by him in the Aisne-Marne Offensive. Dur- 
ing the advance across the Ourcq River, Sergeant 
Brakebill (then a corporal) was always in the 
midst of danger, showing his comrades that he was 
a leader that could be depended on at any time and 
under any circumstances. One night when the com- 
pany had been nearly two days without food. Ser- 
geant Brakebill led a detail back thru a barrage 
for food. After reaching the company kitchen and 
obtaining food, he took the detail, with food for 
the remainder of the company, back thru a heavy 
barrage of shell and machine gun fire. 

"Sergeant Brakebill has always been an excel- 
lent soldier and without hesitation has performed 
his duties with the strictest regard to descipline 
and welfare of his fellow soldiers." 

"Sergeant William A. Swabeii (92967), Coin- 
imnij B, 166th hi f antra. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"For the brave and faithful manner in which he 
has performed every duty asked of him and taken 
advantage of every chance for action that pre- 
sented itself during the active service of this or- 
ganization. Sergeant Swabey has been in every 
action in which this company took part, and has 
never shown the least fear or sign of hesitation 
even in the face of great danger. In the Baccarat 
Sector he was a section leader. Since the begin- 
ning of the Saint Mihiel Offensive he has had 
charge of patrol work and has always shown him- 
self to be an able and courageous leader." 



"Sergeant Eliek Frazier (92897), ConiiJiinii B, 
166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Ancerviller, 1st April-19th June, 1918. 

"Sergeant Elick Frazier has shown exceptional 
heroism under shell fire in every engagement in 
which this company has ever taken part. In the 
Ancerviller Defensive he continually was on duty 
among the men of his platoon, encouraging them 
and doing all that lay in his power to alleviate the 
suffering of the wounded. Sergeant Frazier has 
always shown the highest kind of courage under 
all kinds of conditions." 



"Corporal Harrey B. Neibarger (93053), Com- 
pany B, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"For devotion to duty in the Champagne Sector 
and in the Aisne-Marne Offensive when he (then a 
private) acted as a litter bearer. During the bom- 
bardment of July 14th and 15th he was constantly 
on duty giving first aid to the wounded and carry- 
ing them back to the dressing station. Corporal 
Neibarger was later wounded himself while coura- 
geously performing his duties as a litter bearer 
during the Aisne-Marne Offensive." 



"Sergeant Rost^ C. Shafer (92964), Company B, 
166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Ancerviller and in the Aisne-Marne Offensive. 

"For bravery shown on the Lorraine Front when 
he volunteered to be one of a patrol of four men 
which went within the enemy lines to the Hamlet 
of Ancerviller, remaining there for a night and a 
day to find out whether or not the Hamlet was 
occupied at any time by the enemy. 



"Corporal Dallas D. Leslie (92977), Company B, 
'[66th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"For devotion to duty in the Champagne Sector 
and in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, when he (then 
a private) acted as a litter bearer. In the north 
part of the Foret-de-Fere while under heavy shell 
fire he worked unceasingly giving first aid and 
carrying wounded back to the dressing station until 
he himself was almost overcome with exhaustion." 



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•'Coi'k William llcildl (;)-2!)()S), Cnniinniii /.', 
166/// liifaiitrii. 

"For yallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"In the Champagne Sector Cook Redell repeat- 
edly made tire in his kitchen and cooked food and 
coffee, doing this while under continuous shell fire. 
lie was several times thrown to the ground by the 
concussion of the bursting shells, from the effects 
of which he has never completely recovered. 

"Cook Bedell has been with this company on 
every front and has always i^erformed his duty 
under the most trying conditions." 



"While this organization was in the Saint Mihiel 
Offensive, Private Plum was a company runner, 
lie not only ijerl'ormed his regular duties faithfully 
and courageously, but also volunteered to go out 
on patrol. As a member of the patrol he was sent 
forward in advance of the rest to determine 
whether men who had been dimly seen in the dark- 
nes.s were a hostile outpost or were members of a 
friendly patrol. Private Plum advanced across an 
area constantly swept by enemy machine gun (ire, 
near enough to find from their speech that the men 
in (juestion were of the enemy and then returned 
to inform the patrol leader." 



-Priratc Bruce L. Wrlijlit (i);!0;)7), Cnni/nuni B. 
166//; hifantnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"In the Ancerviller Sector Private Wright was 
an Automatic Rifle Gunner and on the night of 
June .5th-6th he .stuck to his post during the entire 
enemy bombardment and attack ; although knocked 
down and almost covered up by the dirt thrown by 
bursting shells, he recovered his gun and kept 
firing on the enemy thruout the attack. On the 
morning of July 28th in the Aisne-Marne Offensive 
he was seriously wounded and refused to be car- 
ried to the rear, stating that there were others 
wounded worse than he, and himself assisted in 
carrying other wounded men to the dressing station 
until exhausted." 

"Priratv .lohii H. Hank (\W1'.\) , Smilhinj I)<' 
tiicliDirnf. 166th Iiifaiitri/. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 15th July, 1918. 

"Private Hauk was in charge of the litter bear- 
ers during the time Company B was in the Cham- 
pagne Sector, and on July 15th and 16th he gave 
first aid to the wounded and helped to carry them 
back to the dressing station, even tho this sub.jected 
him to great danger. He also kept traveling con- 
tinuously thru the trenches seeking to do what he 
could to alleviate the suffering of men of this com- 
panv, all of whicli time he was under severe shell 
tire.'" 

■■Priratc Albert Barroir (9'2922), CnniiHiiiii B. 
166/// Iiifaittrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 15th and 16th July, 1918. 

"Private Barrow volunteered time and again to 
carry messages at times when the severe bombard- 
ment of our trenche.s made every trip extremely 
dangerous. Once when the shelling was even 
heavier than usual it was necessary to send a mes- 
sage from the Company P. C. to a platoon P. C. 
Two runners started out with the message, but 
each one turned back on account of the fact that 
shells were bursting continuously in and alcjng the 
communicating trench thru which the message had 
to be carried. Then Private Barrow volunteered 
to take the message, which he did. delivered it and 
returned promptly thru the shell tire." 

•■Priratc Roii Plum (:]]9:;]5;'>5) . Comixniif B, 
166th I)ifa)itrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Saint Mihiel. 



■■Priratc h'llirani WIN (92975), Comjxnni /.', 
166//;. Infant}'!/. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"Private Witt was a platoon runner when the 
company first went into the front line in the Lune- 
ville Sector, while from the Champagne-Marne De- 
fensive to the Armistice he was a battalion liaison 
agent. Thru all this active service Private Witt 
never hesitated to take a message or failed to de- 
liver it to the proper party and return promptly 
regardless of the danger thru which he must pass. 
In many times of great danger he volunteered to 
take messages which others hesitated to take, and 
always carried them promptly to their destina- 
tion." 

■'Priratc Joscjili J. ]'isiiitivc (93085), Coniixtini 
li. 166/// Iiifantrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"Private Visintine has been a platoon or com- 
pany runner in every engagement in which this 
company has taken part. Tho often sent with 
messages, at times of great danger, he has never 
failed to deliver a message promptly, even tho he 
frequently had to pass thru heavy shell and ma- 
chine gun fire to do so. lie has never shown any 
sign of fear or hesitation to perform any mission, 
however dangerous." 

■■Senjcaiil Rolxil T. (irccn (9."179). Comjxniii 
C. 166/'// Iiifaiitnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Seringes in the Marne-Aisne Offensive, 29th 
of July, 1918. 

"On July 29, 1918, Sergeant Green showed the 
utmost bravery and leadership in leading his 
platoon into the attack on Seringes, when the 
enemy was most keenly alert and expecting a raid 
or attack." 

■'Corijoral Jesse A'. W'ickham (9oo21), Comixnn/ 
C. 166th Infant r II. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
Landres St. Georges. 21st of October. 1918. 

"On October 21. 1918. at Sommerance, Corporal 
Wickham volunteered to go into the enemy wire 
at Landres .St. Georges to examine the effect of 
the American barrage on the enemy defenses." 

■'Corporal Homer .loncs (93202), Companij C, 
166th Infatitrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Landres St. Georges, 21st of October, 1918. 



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"On October 21, 1918, at Sommerance, Corporal 
Jones volunteered to go into the enemy wire at 
Landres St. Georges to examine the effect of the 
American barrage on the enemy defenses." 

"Cnrpond CJiaiies Sievers (3197205), Compain/ 
C. U6ih Infantrji. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in the Saint Mihiel Offensive, 12tli of September. 
1918. 

"On September 12, 1918, at Saint Mihiel, Cor- 
poral Sievers stayed with his company in the at- 
tack after receiving first aid treatment, when he 
could have readily been evacuated to the hospital." 

••Privutt A'c/.s O. Bcckeii (1422308), Compainj 
C, lQ6th Infant nj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Seringes, France, 29th of July, 1918. 

"On July 29, 1918, when his platoon, after at- 
tacking the enemy position in front of Seringes, 
was ordered to a position of cover, fearlessly ex- 
posed himself to deadly machine gun fire, assisted 
in bringing back a wounded man over an open space 
of 400 yards." 

"Private Theodore Weave (2309702), Compani/ 
C. 166th Infaiifri/. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Seringes, France, 28th of Julv, 1918. 

"On July 28-30, 1918, Private Weare, while his 
company was attacking the enemy in front of 
Seringes, fearlessly and continuously exposed him- 
self in giving first aid to more than fifty men, of 
units of the 165th and 166th Regiments, when his 
duty was merely to act as litter bearer for men of 
his own company." 

"Private Boleslans Jeni.:al.sl:i (93199), Covapaini 
C, 166th Infantrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Seringes, France, 28-31 of Julv, 1918. 

"From 28th to 31st of July, 1918, Private Jeru- 
zalski at Seringes continuously exposed himself in 
volunteering to take messages from Battalion 
Headquarters to front line of Company C, 166th 
Infantry. Again at Sommerance on two different 
occasions, when the enemy was most alert and 
anxious, volunteered to examine the enemy wire 
and positions in front of St. Georges." 

"Cook Gleu Rhoades (93275), Comj}a)n/ C. 166th 
hifantrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near Sommerance, France, 19th of October, 1918. 

"At Sommerance from October 16th-19th, 1918, 
Cook Rhoades refused to leave his post with his 
rolling kitchen during heavy shelling when he may 
have sought cover for himself without criticism. 
He continued to care for the company mess until he 
was evacuated to the hospital." 

"First Serc/eaiit William Lau(ihma)i (93350), 
Conipainj D, 166th lufaiitnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"First Sergeant William Laughman has taken 
part in every action in which his company has been 
engaged. Although not required to do so, he always 



chose to remain with the company in their advanced 
positions, and by his courage and fearlessness ren- 
dered valuable assistance. He has served through 
the war as a First Sergeant and has been a most 
devoted and faithful non-commis.sioned officer." 

"Seryeaiit Howard F. Sjiires (93448), Conipaiiii 
D, 166th Irifantnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
near the Ourcq River, 28th of July, 1918. 

"After crossing the River Ourcq on July 28th, 
1918, Sergeant Spires was leading his section, ad- 
vancing under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire, 
and by his courage and fearlessness during the 
early part of the action, inspired his men to con- 
tinue the advance and gain their objective, after he, 
himself, had been mortally wounded." 

"Ser(jeaiit Roii Baileii (93370), Conipaiii/ U, 
166th 'infaiitvii. ' 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in St. Mihiel, r2th to 30th of September, 1918. 

"Sergeant Bailev commanded his platoon during 
the Saint Mihiel Offensive of September 12th-14th, 
1918, and while the battalion was in line opposite 
Haumont on September 25th-30th, 1918. By his 
courage, fearlessness and devotion to duty he has 
proven himself a most efficient non-commissioned 
officer." 

"Sev<jea>it William Smith (93361), Coinj)ain,i D. 
166th I)ifa)itrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 15th to 19th of July, 1918, and at 
Seringes, 24th to 30th July, 1918. 

"Sergeant Smith was in command of his platoon 
during the Champagne Defensive of July 15th to 
19th, 1918, and again during the advance upon Ser- 
inges, near Chateau Thierry, on July 24th to 30th, 
1918. By his courage, fearlessness and devotion to 
duty he has proven himself a most efficient non- 
commissioned officer." 

"Me.s-.s- Sergeant Clifford A. Meddles (93396), 
Companii D, 166th Infantry. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"Mess Sergeant Meddles, by his unswerving de- 
votion to duty and his utter disregard for personal 
safety set a standard of service which was greatly 
admired by all who knew him. He was on duty 
throughout every action, during which time he was 
continually with his kitchen, and on all occasions, 
regardless of time and conditions, supervised or 
served personally food and hot coffee to his com- 
pany, thereby keeping them strong and efficient 
fighters. At Sommerance, during the Meuse-Ar- 
gonne Offensive, although his kitchen was contin- 
ually under fire and later demolished, he continued 
to prepare and serve food properly and regularly 
to his company." 

"Covpoval Eavl L. Hidlidai/ (93419), Com pain/ 
D. 166th Infantrtj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Saint Mihiel, 29th of September 1918. 

"Corporal Holliday was in charge of an outpost 
of sixteen men at C. R. Green in the Pannes-Essey 



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Sector. Oil the night of September 29th, 1918, his 
position was subjected to a heavy bombardment 
with mustard gas and shrapnel. I le, by his own 
conduct, set an example of courage and steadiness 
for his men throughout the bombardment, and 
later, although gassed and severely wounded, I'e- 
fused to leave his position until he had given over 
all orders to the next in command and despatched 
a runner to his platoon commander informing him 
of the situation." 



"Cook Curl I). Loin/ (93395), ConijHtini I). l(i(5//( 
hifantrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"Cook Long has served through the war and has 
been unswerving in his devotion to duty and has 
shown utter disregard for his personal safety when 
the welfare of his company was in view. Under the 
most trying conditions he labored incessantly, pre- 
paring food for his company. At Sommerance dur- 
ing the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, although the 
kitchen was under continual shell fire and later de- 
molished, he continued to serve food, properly and 
regularly, for the company." 



"Cook John Ccnkntr (93410), Comiminj D, imth 
Iiifuiitrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"Cook Cenkner has served through the war and 
has been unswerving in his devotion to duty and 
has shown utter disregard for his personal safety 
when the welfare of his company was in view. Un- 
der the most trying conditions he labored inces- 
santly, preparing food for his company. At Som- 
merance during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, al- 
though the kitchen was under continual shell fire 
and later demolished, he continued to serve food, 
properly and regularly, for the company." 



"Cook Robert G. Sfcninilcr (194392), Comimini 
D. 16(i/7i I nf antra. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"Cook Stemmler has served through the war and 
has been unswerving in his devotion to duty and 
has shown utter disregard for his personal safety 
when the welfare of his company was in view. Un- 
der the most trying conditions he labored inces- 
santly, preparing food for his company. At Som- 
merance during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, al- 
though the kitchen was under continual shell fire 
and later demolished, he continued to serve food, 
properly and regularly, for the company." 



"Cook Hurnj EraiiH (9.3397), Coui/xnni D. WGth 
Infnidnj. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action. 

"Cook Evans has served through the war and 
has been unswerving in his devotion to duty and 
has shown utter disregard for his personal safety 
when the welfare of his company was in view. Un- 
der the most trying conditions he labored inces- 
santly, preparing food for his company. At Som- 
merance during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, al- 
though the kitchen was under continual shell fire 
and later demolished, he continued to serve food, 
properly and regularly, for the company." 



"Prirafr Jumca A. Wooilri'ff (93.589), Compauii 
I), \mtti I It fa Id r 11. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Seringes, France, 28th of July, 1918. 

"Private Woodruff was a stretcher bearer during 
the battle near Seringes, northeast of Chateau 
Thierry. On July 28th. 1918, while under heavy 
machine-gun and artillery fire, and at the risk of 
his own life, he rendered (irst aid to two seriously 
wounded soldiers, remo\'ed them to the first aid 
station, thus .saving their lives." 



"Prirate Cliarles L. Laitdoii (93527), Coiiiiiami 
D, 166tli Iiifautrij. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 14th-15th of July, 1918. 

"Private Landon was a stretcher bearer during 
the Champagne Defensive of July 14th-15th, 1918. 
Hearing that a member of another company had 
been severely wounded, he and Private John C. 
Fischer (93499), showing utter disregard for their 
own personal safety, went through the enemy bom- 
bardment to the assistance of the wounded soldier. 
On the way to the first-aid station Private Landon 
was struck bv a shell fragment and instantly 
killed." 



"Prirate John C. Fischer (93499). Compauji D. 
166^/; 1 II fa lit r II. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
in Champagne, 14th-15th of July, 1918. 

"Private Fischer was a stretcher bearer during 
the Champagne Defensive of July 14th-15th, 1918. 
Hearing that a member of another company had 
been severely wounded, he and Private Charles L. 
Landon (93527), showing utter disi'egard for their 
own personal safety, went through the enemy bom- 
bardment to the assistance of the wounded soldier. 
On the way to the first aid station Private Landon 
was killed and Private Fischer was wounded. Re- 
fusing to submit to first-aid treatment Private 
Fischer secured aid, and returning through the 
shell-swept area succeeded in getting the wounded 
soldier to safety." 



"Prirate Homer C. Jenkins (93529), Compani/ 
D, 166th Infantrii. 

"For gallant and meritorious conduct in action 
at Ancerviller, France, 6th-7th of June, 1918. 

"Private Jenkins was a member of the platoon 
holding Ci. C. 7 at C. R. Ancerviller on the night of 
June 6th-7th, 1918. During an enemy bombard- 
ment prior to an attack on our position, all means 
of communication witii company headquarters were 
severed. The platoon suffered heavy casualties and 
were in need of assistance. Private Jenkins, with 
another member of the platoon, volunteered to carry 
a message to the company commander. In the face 
of heavy machine gun and artillery fire they made 
their way to the company headciuailers, giving the 
company commander the necessary information, 
which enabled him to reinforce their position." 



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BATTLE PARTICIPATION 

GENERxAL HEADQUARTERS 
AMERICAN P:XPEUITI0XARY FORCP^S 

Franc't". Marrli 2()tli. li)l<). 

Foll()\viii<<- is a list of the battle enf>a<>-eiiieiits of the KKith Iiifanti-y (hirinn- the war witli 
Germany, whieli entitles the regiment to tlie silver hands awarded under l'ara<ii-ai)h •J-t-t, Army 
Regulations. The ribbons are furnished in lieu of the silver bands, which will i)e supplied later 
by the ^Vdjutant (ienei-al. T^. S. lArmy. 



(1) LUNEVILLE Sector, Lorraine, Frauce. 
21 February to 23 March, 1918. 

(2) BACCARAT Sector, Lorraine, France. 
31 March to 21 June, 1918. 

(3) ESPERANCE-SOULAIN Sector, Champagne, 
France. 4 July to 14 July, 1918. 

(4) CHAMPAGNE-MARNE Defensive, Frnvcc. 
15 July to 17 July, 1918. 

(5) AISNE-MARNE Offen.sive, France. 
25 July to 3 August, 1918. 



(6) ST. MIHIEL Offensive, France. 

12 September to 16 September, 1918. 

(7) ESSEY and PANNES Sector, Woevre, 
France. 17 September to 30 September, 1918. 

(8) MEUSE-ARGONNE Offensive, France. 
12 October to 31 October, 1918. 

(9) MEUSE-ARGONNE Offensive, France. 
5 November to 10 November, 1918. 

By Command of General Pershing: 
(Signed) A. S. JONES, 

Ad.iutant General. 



MAJOR AND MINOR OPERATIONS OF THE 

166TH INFANTRY 



IIEADgrARTER.S KWI'ITI I \ FAX TRY 

.Amkkkan Exi'i'.Di'noxAUV Fout'Ks 

Rolandseck, Ciermiuiy. 

29 .lamiary. 1019. 
CiENKUAL OliDKHS Xo. 1. 

1. Complying with (r. (). Xo. 4. (i. II. (^., American Expeditionai-y Forces, and in 
order to obtain uniformity in the Service Records of this regiment, the combat activities are classi- 
fied under two headings: (a) Major ()])erations. (b) all other particii)ation in battle o])erations: 



(a) Major Operations (and inclusive dates for 

this regiment) : 

(1) Champagne-Marne Defensive, 15 July 

to 18 July, 1918. 

(2) Aisne-Marne Offensive, 25 July to 3 

August, 1918. 

(3) Saint Mihiel Offensive, 12 September to 

16 September, 1918. 

(4) Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 11 October 

to 18 October, 1918, and 4 November 
to 7 November, 1918. 

(b) All other participation in Battle Operations: 

(1) Luneville Sector, 21 Februarv to 21 

March, 1918. 

(2) Baccarat Sector, 30 March to 23 April, 

1918, and 13 May to 18 June, 1918. 



(3) Champagne Sector, 4 Julv to 14 July, 

1918. 

(4) Saint Mihiel Sector, 17 September to 1 

October, 1918. 

(5) Meuse-Argonne (Sommerance), 19 Oc- 

tober to 31 October, 1918. 

(a) Luneville Sector (C. R. Zeppelin Raid, 

Offensive), 9 March, 1918. 

(b) Baccarat Sector (Bois de Chien Raid, 

Offensive), 3 May, 1918. 

(c) Baccarat Sector (Ancerviller, Defen- 

sive), 6-7 June, 1918. 

By order of Colonel Hough: 

Robert S. Beightler, 
Captain, U.S.A., 166th Infantry, 

Adjutant. 



104 



LETTERS AND CITATIONS BY FRENCH COMMANDERS 



Marshal Petain to the Armies of the 
North and Northeast 

At the Grand Quartier General, 

August 6, 1918. 
Grand Quartier General of the Armies of the North 

and Northeast. 
The General Commander in Chief. 

GENERAL ORDERS NO. IIG: 
Four years of effort with our faithful Allies, four 
years of trials, stoically accepted, are beginning to 
bear fruit. 

Broken in his fifth attempt of 1918, the invader 
is retreating. His effectives are diminishing, his 
morale is being shaken, while at your side your 
American brothers, hardly disembarked, are mak- 
ing the enemy, already discom- 
forted, feel the vigor of their 
blows. 

Place continuously at the out- 
posts of the Allied people, you have 
prepared the triumphs of to-mor- 
row. 

I told you yesterday : 

Per^ereraiice, patioice, the coin- 
rades are arriving. 

I tell you to-day : 

Tenacitjj, aiidacif//, ami iioii ivill 
force the rictori/. 

Soldiers of France, I salute your 
colors which a new glory renders 
illustrious. 

Petain. 



Regimental Citation 

P. C. le 16 Juillet, 1918. 

170' Division, 
Infanterie, 
Etat-Maior, 
No. 412d/P.C. 

The Genei-al commanding the 170 D. I. gives per- 
mission to the Colonel commanding the Infantry to 
express to the organizations under his command 
his appreciation of the gallant manner in which 
they have behaved today. 

With deep joy and great pride the Colonel com- 
manding the Infantry hands down the General's 
congratulations : — The elements of the division : 
17 R. I., 116th R. I., .3rd and 10th B. C. P., strug- 
gling with bravery and valor with the brave Ameri- 
can soldiers of the 165th and 16Gth Regiments, 
U. S. Infantry, fighting in their lines powerfully 
backed up and helped in a brotherly way by both 
Allied artilleries, have repulsed hard attacks, in- 




MARSHAL 

Commander-in-Chi* 
Armies of 



liicted upon the Germans bloody losses, and have 
undoubtedly mastered the enemy. 

Recommendations for awards shall be put in b,\' 
the sub-sector commanders for all combalant 
outfits. 

Lt. Col. Jouvin, 
Commandant, 1' I. D./17U. 



French Citation for Lorraine 

General Orders : 
No. .50. 

At the moment when the 42nd U. S. Infantry 
Division is leaving the Lori'aine front, the Com- 
manding General of the 6th Army 
Corps desires to do homage to the 
fine military qualities which it has 
continuously exhibited and to the 
services which it has rendered in 
the Baccarat sector. 

The offensive ardor, the sense for 
the utilization and the organization 
of terrain as for the liaison of 
arms, the spirit of method, the dis- 
cipline shown by all its officers and 
men, the inspiration animating 
them, prove that at the first call, 
they can henceforth take a glorious 
place in the new line of battle. 

The Commanding General of the 
6th Army Corps expresses his 
deepest gratitude to the 42nd Divi- 
sion for its precious collaboration ; 
he particularly thanks the distin- 
guished Commander of this Divi- 
sion, General Menoher, the Officers 
under his orders ajid his staff so 
brilliantly directed by Colonel Mac- 
Arthur. 

It is with a sincere regret that 
the entire 6th Army Corps sees the 42nd Division 
depart. But the bonds of affectionate comradeship 
which have been formed here will not be broken ; 
for us, in faithful memory, are united the living 
and the dead of the Rainbow Division, those who 
are leaving for hard combats and those who, after 
having nobly sacrificed their lives on the land of 
the East, now rest there, guarded over piously by 
France. 

These sentiments of warm esteem will be still 
more deeply affirmed, during the impending strug- 
gles where the fate of Free Peoples is to be decided. 
May our units, side by side, contribute valiantly 
to the triumph of Justice and Right. 

General Duport, 
Commanding the 6th Army Corps, 

(Signed) Duport. 



,^ r.l.l.MUnn,! 

PETAIN 

f of the French 
the East 



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General Gouraud's Order of the Day to the French and American Soldiers of the 

Fovirth Army 



"We may be attacked at any moment. You all 
know that a defensive battle was never engaged 
under more favorable conditions. We are awake 
and on our guard. We are powerfully reinforced 
with infantry and artillery. 

You will fight on a terrain that you have trans- 
formed by your work and by your perseverance into 
a redoubtable fortress. This fortress will be invin- 
cible and all its entrances are well guarded. 

The bombardment will be terrible. You will sup- 
port it without weakness. The assault will be fierce, 



July 7th, 1918. 

in a cloud of smoke, dust and gas, but your position 
and your armament are formidable. In your 
breasts beat the brave and strong hearts of free 
men. 

None shall glance to the rear. None shall yield 
a .step. Each shall have but one thought: to kill 
many until they have had their fill. 

That is why your general says to you : You will 
break this assault and it will be a happy day." 

(Signed) GOURAUD. 



General Gouraud to the 
Soldiers of the Fourth Army 

Headquarters, 42nd Division, 
American Expeditionarv Forces, 
July 17th, 1918. 

Memorandum : 

The following letter is furnished 
Brigade, Regimental and separate 
unit Commanders for publication 
to their respective commands : 

4th Army, 

Staff, 

3d Bureau, 

No. 6, 954-3. 

Soldiers of the 4th Army : 

During the day of July 15th you 
broke the efforts of fifteen German 
Divisions, supported by ten others. 

They were expected, according 
to their orders, to reach the Marne 
in the evening; you stopped their 
advance clearly at the point where 
we desired to engage in and win 
the battle. 

You have the right to be proud, heroic Infantry- 
men and Machine Gunners of the advanced post 
who signalled the attack and disintegrated it. Avia- 
tors who flew over it. Battalions and Batteries 
which broke it. Staffs which so minutely prepared 
the battlefield. 

It is a hard blow for the enemy. It is a beautiful 
day for France. 

i count on you that it may always be the same, 
every time that he dares to attack you, and with all 
my heart of a soldier I thank you. 

Gouraud. 

By command of Major-General Menoher. 

Douglas MacArthur, 

Brigadier General, General Staff, 
Chief of Staff. 

Official: 

Walter E. Powers, 

Major, N. G. Adjutant, 
General Division Adjutant. 




k1 \ rnderwo. 



GENERAL GOURAUD 

Commander of the Fourth Army 



General Bernard on the 

Champagne- Marne 

Defensive 

July 17th, 1918. 
21st Army Corps, 
170th Division, 
Staff, 

3rd Bureau, No. 1517-3. 
General Bernard, commanding par 
interim the 170th Division, to 
the Commanding General of 
the 42nd United States In- 
fantry Division : 
The Commanding General of the 
170th Infantry Division desires to 
express to the Commanding Gen- 
eral of the 42nd United States In- 
fantry Division his keen admira- 
tion for the courage and bravery of 
which the American Battalions of 
the 83rd Brigade have given proof 
in the course of the hard fighting 
of the 15th and 16th of July, 1918, 
as also for the effectiveness of the 
artillery fire of the 42nd United 
States Infantry Division. 
In these two days the troops of the United States 
by their tenacity, largely aided their French com- 
rades in breaking the repeated as.saults of the 7th 
Reserve Division, the 1st Infantry Division and the 
Dismounted Cavalry Guard Division of the Ger- 
mans, these latter two divisions are among the best 
of Germany. 

According to the order captured on the German 
officers made prisoners, their staff wished to take 
Chalons-sur-Marne on the evening of July 16th, 
but it had reckoned without the valor of the Ameri- 
can and French combatants, who told them with 
machine gun, rifie and cannon shots that they would 
not pass. 

The Commanding General of the 170th Infantry 
Division is therefore particularly proud to observe 
that in mingling their blood gloriously on the bat- 
tlefield of Champagne, the Americans and the 
French of today are continuing the magnificent 
traditions established a century and a half ago by 
Washington and Lafayette; it is with this senti- 
ment that he salutes the Noble Flag of the United 
States in thinking of the final Victory. 

Bernard. 



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General Naulin on the Champagne- 
Marne Defensive 

Headquarters, July 15th. 1918. 
4th Armv. 
21st Armv Corps. 
Staff, 

1st Bureau, 
No. 4343-1. 
From: General Naulin, Commanding 21st Army 

Corps, 
To: 13th, 43rd, 170th Infantry Divisions, 42nd 
United States Infantry Division and Artillery. 

General Gouraud, this evening, expressed his 
high satisfaction with the success attained by the 
21st Armv Corps during the stern but glorious dav 
of July 15th. 

Kindly transmit to the units un- 

der your command the sincere con- 
gratulations of the Commanding 
General of the Army, and my own 
personal gratitude for the admir- 
able tenacity of the 21.st Army 
Corps and all the elements attached 
to it on this occasion. 

The German has clearly broken 
his sword on our lines. Whatever 
he may do in the future, he shall 
not pass. 

(Signed) S. Naulin. 

General Naulin's 
Champagne Citation 

21st Army Corps. 

Staff. 

3rd Bureau, No. 2.595/3. 

GENERAL ORDER: 

At the moment when the 42nd 
American Division is on the point 
of leaving the 21st Army Corps, I 
desire to express my keen satisfac- 
tion and my sincere thanks for the 
services which it has rendered 
under all conditions. 

By its valor, ardor and its spirit it has very par- 
ticularly distinguished itself on July 15 and 16 in 
the course of the great battle where the 4th Army 
broke the German offensive on the Champagne 
front. 

I am proud to have had it under my orders dur- 
ing this period. My prayers accompany it in the 
great struggle engaged in for the liberty of the 
world. 

General Naulin, 
Commanding the 21st Army Corps. 
(Signed) NAULIN. 

French Citation for Chateau-Thierry 

G. A. R. 

Etat Maior 

3d Bureau No. 4, 190. 

GENERAL ORDER: 

The second battle of the Marne ends, like the 
first, in a victory. The Chateau-Thierry "pocket" 
exists no more. 

The Vlth and Xth Armies, also the allied troops 
fighting at their side, have taken a glorious part 
in that battle. 




Their swift and powerful entrance in that battle, 
on July 18th, had, as a first result, to entirely break 
up the offensi\e of the enemy, and compelled him to 
cross the Marne. 

Since that time, owing to our strong attacks, and 
chased night and day, without stop, he has been 
forced to fall back across the Vesle, leaving in our 
hands 25,000 prisoners, 611 guns, 4,0<i(j machine 
guns, 500 minenwerfers. 

We owe these results to the energy and skill of 
the Chiefs, and to the extraordinary valor of the 
troops, who, for more than 15 days, had to marcfi 
and fight without rest. 

I am sending to the Commander of the Xth and 
Vlth Army, Generals Mangin and Degoutte, to the 
Commanders of the British and American units, 
and to all the troops, the token of my admiration 
for their knowledge, their courage, 
their heroic tenacity. 

They may all be proud of the 
work accomplished. It is great, 
because it has greatly contributed 
to secure the final victory for us, 
and to bring it much nearer. 

( Signed : Fayolle. 
OFFICIAL: 
The Chief of Staff. 
Signed : Paquette. 



GENERAL FAYOLLE 



General Degoute on the 
Second Battle of the Marne 

P. C. 9 August, 1918. 
6th Army. 

GENERAL ORDER: 
Before the great offensive of the 
18th of July the American troops 
forming part of the 6th French 
Army distinguished themselves in 
capturing from the enemy the Bois 
de la Brigade de Marine and the 
village of Vaux, in stopping his of- 
fensive on the Marne and Fossoy. 
Since then they have taken the 
most glorious part in a second battle of the Marne, 
rivalling in order and in valiance the French troops. 
They have, in twenty days of incessant combat, 
liberated numerous French villages and realized 
aci'oss a difficult country an advance of forty kilo- 
meters, which has carried them beyond the Vesle. 

Their glorious marches are marked by names 
which will illustrate in the future the military his- 
tory of the United States: 

Torcy, Belleau, Plateau d'Enrepilly Epieds, 
Channel, I'Ourcti, Seringes-et-Nesle, Sergy, 
Vesle and Fismes. 

The new divisions who were under fire for the 
first time showed themselves worthy of the old war- 
like traditions of the Regular Army. They have 
had the same ardent desire to fight the Boche, the 
same discipline by which an order given by the 
Chief is always executed, whatever be the diffi- 
culties to overcome and the sacrifices to undergo. 

The magnificent results obtained are due to the 
energy and skill of the Chiefs, to the bravery of the 
soldiers. 

I am proud to have commanded such troops. 
The General Commanding the 6th Army, 

Degoutte. 



Le 
La 



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LETTERS AND CITATIONS BY AMERICAN COMMANDERS 



Secretary Baker's Message on the Armistice 



France, Nov. 15, 1918. 
General Orders : 
No. 206. 

The following cabled communication from the 
Secretary of War is published to the command : 

The signing of the armistice and the cessation of 
hostilities brings to an end a great and heroic mili- 
tarv adventure in which the Army under your com- 
mand has played a part distinguished by gallantry 
and success. It gives me pleasure to express to 
you the confidence and appreciation of the War 
Department and to those who have labored with 
you to make this result possible this appreciation 
of their zeal, courage and strength, 
both of purpose and achievement. 
The entire country is filled with 
pride in your fine leadership and in 
the soldierly qualities shown by 
your Army. Now that a respite 
has come in the solemn task to 
which the Army devoted itself, the 
War Department will do all in its 
power to expedite the early return 
of the Expeditionary Forces to the 
United States in order that the 
country may welcome its soldiers 
home, "and in order that these sol- 
diers may be restored to the oppor- 
tunities of civil life as speedily as 
the military situation will permit. 
I extend to you as Commanding 
General of the American Expedi- 
tionaiy Forces my hearty congrat- 
ulations and this expression of 
high esteem, and I beg you to make 
known to the officers and men of 
your command the fact that their 
conduct as soldiers and as men has 
stirred the pride of their fellow 
countrymen, and that their mili- 
tary success has contributed to the great victory 
for the forces of civilization and humanity. 

(Signed) Newton D. Baker, 

"Secretary of War." 

Eight Divisions Cited by Commander-in- 
Chief in General Order 

General Order 143 : 

The following general order has been issued 
citing the eight divisions comprising the First and 
Third Corps, A. E. F., which were in action during 
the Second Battle of the Marne : 

It fills me with pride to record in General Orders 
a tribute to the service and achievement of the 
First and Third Corps, comprising the First, Sec- 
ond, Third, Fourth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eighth, 
Thirty-second and Forty-second Divisions of the 
American Expeditionary Forces. 

You came to the battlefield at the crucial hour of 
the Allied cause. For almost four years the most 
formidable army the world had as yet seen had 
pressed its invasion of Finance, and stood threaten- 
ing its capitol. At no time had that army been 




NEWTON D. BAKER 
Secretary of War 



more powerful or menacing than when, on July 
15th, it struck again to destroy in one great battle 
the brave men opposed to it and to enforce its 
brutal will upon the world and civilization. 

Three days later, in conjunction with our Allies, 
you countei^-attacked. The Allied Armies gained a 
brilliant victory that marks the turning point of 
the war. You did more than give our brave Allies 
the support to which as a nation our faith v^^as 
pledged. You proved that our altruism, our pacific 
spirit, our sense of justice have not blunted our 
virility or our courage. You have shown that 
American initiative and energy are as fit for the 
test of war as for the pursuits of 
peace. You have justly won the 
unstinted praise of our Allies and 
the eternal gratitude of our coun- 
try. 

We have paid for our success 
with the lives of many of our brave 
comrades. We shall cherish their 
memory always, and claim for our 
history and literature their brav- 
ery, achievement and sacrifice. 

This order will be read to all or- 
ganizations at the first assembly 
formation after its receipt. 

John J. Pershing, 
General, Commander-in-Chief. 
August 27, 1918. 

St. Mihiel Offensive 

France, Dec. 26, 1918. 
General Orders : 
No. 238. 

It is with soldierly pride that I 
record in General Orders a tribute 
to the taking of the St. Mihiel 
salient by the First Army. 
On September 12, 1918, you delivered the first 
concerted offensive operation of the American Ex- 
peditionary Forces upon difficult terrain against 
this redoubtable position, immovably held for four 
years, which crumpled before your ably executed 
advance. Within twenty-four hours of the com- 
mencement of the attack, the salient had ceased to 
exist and you were threatening Metz. 

Your divisions, which had never been tried in 
the e.xacting conditions of major offensive opera- 
tions, worthily emulated those of more arduous 
experience and earned their right to participate in 
the more difficult task to come. Your staff and 
auxiliary services, which labored so untiringly and 
so enthusiastically, deserve equal commendation, 
and we are indebted to the willing co-operation of 
veteran French divisions and of auxiliary units 
which the Allied commands put at our disposal. 

Not only did you straighten a dangerous salient, 
capture 16,000 prisoners and 443 guns, and liberate 
240 square miles of French territory, but you 
demonstrated the fitness for battle of a unified 
American army. 

We appreciate the loyal training and effort of 
the First Army. In the name of our country, I 



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offer our hearty and unmeasured thanks to these 
splendid Americans of the 1st, 4th and 5th Corps 
and of the 1st. 2nd, 4th, 5th, 26th, 42nd, 82nd, 
89th and 90th Divisions, which were engaged, and 
of the 3rd, 35th, 78th, 80th and 91st Divisions, 
which were in reserve. 

This order will be read to all organizations at 
the first assembly formation after its receipt. 

John J. Pershing. 
General. Commander-in-Chief. 

Meuse-Argonne Offensive 

France, Dec. 19, 1918. 
General Orders : 
No. 232. 

It is with a sense of gratitude for its splendid 
accomplishment, which will live 
through all history, that I record 
in General Orders a tribute to the 
victory of the First Army in the 
Meuse-Argonne battle. 

Tested and strengthened by the 
reduction of the St. Mihiel salient, 
for more than six weeks you bat- 
tered against the pivot of the 
enemy line on the western front. 
It was a position of imposing nat- 
ural strength, stretching on both 
sides of the Meuse River from the 
bitterly contested hills of Verdun 
to the almost impenetrable forest 
of the Argonne ; a position, more- 
over, fortified by four years of 
labor designed to render it impreg- 
nable ; a position held with the full- 
est resources of the enemy. That 
position you broke utterly, and 
thereby hastened the collapse of 
the enemy's military power. 

Soldiers of all the divisions en- 
gaged under the First, Third and JOHN J 
Fifth American Corps and the General, Com 
Second Colonial and Seventeenth 
French Corps — the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 
4th, 5th. 26th, 28th, 29th. 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 37th, 
42nd. 77th. 78th, 79th. 80th. 81st. 82nd, 89th, 90th 
and 91st American Divisions, the 18th and 26th 
French Divisions, and the 10th and 15th French 
Colonial Divisions — you will be long remembered 
for the stubborn persistence of your progress, 
your storming of obstinately defended machine- 
gun nests, your penetration, yard by yard, of 
woods and ravines, your heroic resistance in the 
face of counter-attacks supported by powerful 
artillery fire. For more than a month, from the 
initial attack of September 26th, you fought your 
way slowly through the Argonne, through the 
woods and over hills west of the Meuse ; you slowly 
enlarged your hold on the Cotes de Meuse to the 
east, and then, on the 1st of November, your attack 
forced the enemy into flight. Pressing his retreat, 
you cleared the entire left bank of the Meuse south 
of Sedan, and then stormed the heights on the 
right bank and drove him into the plain beyond. 

Soldiers of all army and corps troops engaged — 
to you no less credit is due ; your steadfast ad- 
herence to duty and your dogged determination in 
the face of all obstacles made possible the heroic 
deeds cited above. 




The achievement of the First Army, which is 
scarcely to be efiualled in American history, must 
remain a source of proud satisfacton to the troops 
who participated in the last campaign of the war. 
The American people will remember it as the real- 
ization of the hitherto potential strengtVi of the 
American contribution toward the cause to which 
they had sworn allegiance. There can be no greater 
reward for a soldier or for a soldier's memory. 

This order will be read to all organizations at 
the first assembly formation after its receipt. 

John J. Pershtng. 
General, Commander-in-Chief. 

The Commander-in-Chief to the A. E. F. 

France, Nov. 12. 1918. 

General Order : 
No. 203. 

The enemy has capitulated. It 
is fitting that I address myself in 
thanks directly to the officers and 
soldiers of the American Expedi- 
tionary Forces who by their heroic 
efforts have made possible this glo- 
rious result. Our armies, hurriedly 
raised and hastily trained, have 
met a veteran enemy, and by cour- 
age, discipline and skill always de- 
feated him. Without complaint 
you have endured incessant toil, 
privation and danger. You have 
seen many of your comrades make 
the supreme sacrifice that freedom 
may live. I thank you for the pa- 
tience and courage with which you 
have endured. I congratulate you 
upon the splendid fruits of victory 
which your heroism and the blood 
of our gallant dead are now^ pre- 
senting to our nation. Your deeds 
will live forever on the most glo- 
rious pages of America's history. 
Those things you have done. There remains now 
a harder task which will test your soldierly quali- 
ties to the utmost. Succeed in this and little note 
will be taken and few praises will be sung; fail, and 
the light of your glorious achievements of the past 
will sadly be dimmed. But you will not fail. Every 
natural tendency may urge towards relaxation in 
discipline, in conduct, in appearance, in everything 
that marks the soldier. Yet you will remember 
that each officer and each soldier is the representa- 
tive in Europe of his people and that his brilliant 
deeds of yesterday permit no action of to-day to 
pass unnoticed by friend or by foe. You will meet 
this test as gallantly as you have met the tests on 
the battlefield. Sustained by your high ideals and 
inspired by the heroic part you have played, you 
will carry back to our people the proud conscious- 
ness of a new Americanism born of sacrifice. 
\A^hether you stand on hostile territory or on the 
friendly soil of France, you will so bear yourself 
in discipline, appearance and respect for all civil 
rights that you will confirm for all time the pride 
and love which every American feels for your uni- 
form and for you. JOHN J. Pershing, 

General, Commander-in-Chief. 



PERSHING 

mander-in-CKief 



109 



ADDRESS OF GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING 
TO THE 42ND DIVISION 



Delivered to the entire division, grouped on the 
banlc of the Rhine at the Ludendorf Bridge, at the 
conclusion of his review and inspection of the 42nd 
Division, on Sunday. March 16th, 1919. 

"I am going to take advantage of this oppor- 
tunity, during my inspection of the 42nd Division, 
to express to you my thanks and appreciation for 
the splendid, "efficient and loyal service that has 
been rendered by the Division as a whole and by 
the individual members of the different units. It 
is not very often that I have an opportunity of 
speaking in a personal way to the individual mem- 
bers of this tremendous organization. So I cannot 
let you leave the scenes of your splendid victories 
without expressing to you my thanks. 

"Entering the war when our allies were in a low 
state of morale, they took new courage, but when 
the splendid divisions, partially trained though 
they were, entered the fighting line it was then 
that they took new life and a new spirit of aggres- 
siveness. When our troops first participated in 
battle they demonstrated without question their 
character and their quality as soldiers, and the 
reputation that they established in those early days 
continued through to the end without cessation. 
Our forces, beginning with Cantigny, of glorious 
memory, on down through Chateau Thierry, the 
iWarne, Aisne, Saint Mihiel, and the final great 
victory, exclusively under American arms, the 
Meuse-Argonne, which really did more to end the 
war than any other single victory. There never 
was a defeat; our troops were never stopped. Isn't 
it a splendid record? Isn't it something to carry 
back with you in your minds? I want this impres- 
sion to be firmly established in the mind of every 
single member of the American Expeditionary 
Forces. 

"Let there be no belittlement of the achievement 
of the American Expeditionary Forces ! Let there 
be no diminution of the glory that has been achieved 
by these forces! How has it been achieved? By 
the individual efi'ort of the individual men who 
were consecrated to the duty they were sent over 
here to perform. There has been in the hearts and 
minds of every man of these forces a spiritual 
uplift, a spiritual devotion to the cause which no 
army can boast of, which no army that ever existed 
can boast of. That is what has made our achieve- 
ment possible. That is why we are celebrating 
the victories that we celebrate to-day. And so I 
say let nobody before you or within your hearing 
diminish the achievements or belittle the eflforts 
of the American Expeditionary Forces and the part 
that America has played. It is to your splendid 
valor, to your splendid gallantry, to your courage, 
to your willingness to endure hardship without 
complaint, to your devotion to your duties as sol- 
diers that the.se things have been made possible. 
It will be a proud day when you return to your 
people, to our people, and tell them that story, be- 
cause the more it is told the greater will be the 
glory to American arms and the greater will be 
the credit that America will have. 



"In departing for your homes, as I hope you 
will do at an early date, carry with you these 
thoughts, and as you march down the streets with 
victory emblazoned upon your banners carry back 
that other victory which we have striven so hard 
to achieve — the victory of morality. It will be a 
fine thing for every man of these forces to return 
home and say that he belonged to the most splendid 
army of modern times, composed of the finest per- 
sonnel — an army which fought in the greatest 
cause for which man ever fought — an army which 
represented the greatest nation on earth to-day — 
and that, still that army, after serving two years in 
a foreign country, under circumstances of more than 
ordinary temptations, returned home absolutely 
clean. That is the victory that I want you to carry 
back home alongside of the splendid military vic- 
tory that you have started off with. It has been 
a privilege for every man who belongs to the Amer- 
ican Expeditionary Forces to represent his country 
here. It has been a privilege which came to few. 
It has been a privilege which has never before come 
to any American. It is something to be proud of — 
just to have served here — just to have been here in 
the most modest, in the most humble capacity. 
That privilege has given you an opportunity to 
devote yourself, as I said, to this great cause. The 
result has been a broadening of vision to each in- 
dividual man. The result has been a strengthen- 
ing of character to each individual man. It has 
given him a greater power for good. It has given 
him something to be proud of, something to carry 
home with him that he didn't have when he came 
over. It has already brought to him new obliga- 
tions, new obligations as a man ; and when you 
men return home I am sure that you are carrying 
back with you the splendid integrity of purpose 
which has made our achievements possible here in 
this war. I am sure that you are going to live 
thi'ough whatever occupation you may choose, 
whatever profession you may follow, I am sure you 
are going to enter it with the same integrity of 
purpose, with the .same purpo.se, with the same re- 
solve to do your best, and with the same intention 
of living the splendid example there before our 
people that you have lived here. It will be a fine 
thing, then, if this experience here means that to 
you there. 

"I can only close by expressing to you as an in- 
dividual — as your Commander-in-Chief — my very 
sincere thanks for your earnest support, the sup- 
port of the individuals who have composed this 
organization. The achievements we have to our 
credit would not have been accomplished without 
that splendid support. We would not be celebrat- 
ing the victory that we are celebrating to-day. 
And so I not only owe to you as individuals my sin- 
cere thanks, but the country owes it to you, and I 
express to you my own thanks, the thanks of your 
fellows in the American Expeditionary Forces, and 
the thanks of the country. Without the combined 
effort of all I would not be congratulating you 
to-day. 



no 



"I may not have the pleasure of seeing you col- 
lectively as I am seeing you to-day before you leave 
for your homes, Vjut I hope that that time will very 
soon come and that you will soon receive the ac- 
claim and the congratulations from the American 
people which is your splendid due. I thank you 
very much." 

General John J. Pershing. 

Note: As General Pershing stepped down from 
the platform he turned to General Flagler and said 
.so that the assembled officers could plainly hear: 
"General, you have a fine division." 

General Pershing on Record of 
"Rainbow Division" 

France, March 22, 1919. 

Maj. Gen. Clement A. F. Flagler 
Commanding 42nd Division, 
Ainerican E. F., 

Ahrweiler, Germany. 

My Dear General Flagler : 

It afforded me great .satisfaction 
to inspect the 42nd Division at 
Remagen on March 16th, during 
my trip through the Third Army, 
and to extend at that time to the 
officers and men my appreciation 
of their splendid record while in 
France. 

The share which the 42nd Divi- 
sion has had in the success of our 
Armies should arouse pride in its 
achievements among all ranks. Ar- 
riving as it did on November 1, 
1917, it was one of the first of our 
combat divisions to participate in 
active operations. After a period 
of training which lasted through 
the middle of February, 1918, it 
entered the Luneville sector in Lor- 
raine, and shortly afterwards took 
up a position in that part of the line 
near Baccarat. In July it magnifi- 
cently showed its fighting ability in the Champagne- 
Marne defensive, at which time units from the 42nd 
Division aided the French in completely repulsing 
the German attack. Following this, on July 25th 
the division relieved the 28th in the Aisne-Marne 
offensive, and in the cour.se of their action there 
captured LaCroix Rouge Ferme, Sergy, and estab- 
lished themselves on the northern side of the Ourcc}. 
In the St. Mihiel offensive the division made a rapid 
advance of 19 kilometers, capturing seven villages. 
Later, during the Meuse-Argonne battle, it was 
twice put in the line, first under the 5th Corps and 
second under 1st Corps, at which later time it 
drove back the enemy until it arrived opposite 
Sedan on November 7th. 

Since the signing of the Armistice the 42nd 
Division has had the honor of being one of those 
composing the Army of Occupation, and I have 
only words of praise for their splendid conduct 
and demeanor during this time. I want each man 
to realize the part he has played in bringing glory 




HUNTER LIGGETT 

Major-General, U. S. A. 
Commander of First Army Corps 



to American arms, and to understand both my 
pride and the pride of their fellows throughout 
the American Expeditionary Forces in their rec- 
ord. My good wishes accompany your connnand 
on its return to the I'nited States, and my interest 
will remain with its members in their future 
careers. 

Sincerely yours, 

(Signed) John J. Pershinc. 



General Liggett's Letter to the 42nd 
Division 

HEADQUARTERS, FIRST ARMY CORPS. 
From : Commanding General, 1st 

Army Corps, Amer. E. F. 
To: Commanding General. 42nd 

Division, Amer. E. F. 
Subject : Congratulations. 

1. The return of the 42nd Divi- 
sion to the 1st Army Corps was a 
matter of self -congratulation for 
the Corps Commander, not only 
because of previous relations with 
the Division, but also becau,se of 
the crisis which existed at the time 
of its arrival. 

2. The standard of efficient per- 
formance of duty which is demand- 
ed by the Commander - in - Chief, 
American Expeditionai'y Forces, 
is a high one, involving as it does 
on an occasion such as the present 
complete self-sacrifice on the part 
of the entire personnel, and a will- 
ingness to accept cheerfully every 
demand even to the limit of endur- 
ance of the individual for the sake 
of the Cause for which we are in 
France. 

3. The taking over of the front 
of the 1st Army Corps under the 

conditions of relief and advance, together with 
the attendant diflJiculties incident to widening the 
front, was in itself no small undertaking, and 
there is added to this your advance in the face of 
the enemy to a depth of five or more kilometers, 
all under cover of darkness, to the objective laid 
down by higher authority to be attained, which 
objective you are holding, regardless of the efforts 
of the enemy to dislodge you. The Corps Com- 
mander is pleased to inform you that the 42nd 
Division has fully measured up to the high stand- 
ard above referred to, and he reiterates his self- 
congratulation that you and your organization are 
again a part of the First Army Corps, American 
Expeditionary Forces. 

(Signed) H. LIGGETT, 

Major General, U. S. A. 
By command of Major Genei'al Menoher : 
Douglas MacArthur, 
Brigadier General, G. S., 
Official: Chief of Staff. 



Ill 



Major-General Menoher's First Letter to 
the 42nd Division 

Headquarters, 42nd Division, 
American Expeditionary Forces, France, 

August 13th, 1918. 
To the Officers and Men of the 42nd Division : 

A year has elapsed since the formation of your 
organization. It is, therefore, fitting to consider 
what you have accompHshed as a combat division 
and what you should prepare to accomplish in the 
future. 

Your first elements entered the trenches in Lor- 
raine on February 21st. You served on that front 
for 110 days. You were the first American division 
to hold a divisional sector, and 
when you left the sector, June 21st, 
you had served continuously as a 
division for a longer time than any 
other American division. Altho 
you entered the sector without ex- 
perience in actual warfare, you so 
conducted yourself as to win the 
respect and affection of the French 
veterans with whom you fought. 
Under gas and bombardment, in 
raids, in patrols, in the heat of 
hand-to-hand combat and in the 
long dull hours of trench routine 
so trying to a soldier's spirit, you 
bore yourselves in a mannerworthy 
of the traditions of your country. 

You were withdrawn from Lor- 
raine and moved immediately to 
the Champagne front, where dur- 
ing the critical days from July 14th 
to July 18th, you had the honor of 
being the only American division 
to fight in General Gouraud's 
Army, which so gloriously obeyed 
his order, "We will stand or die," 
and by its iron defense crushed the 
German assault and made possible 
the oflfensive of July 18th, to the west of Rheims. 

From Champagne you were called to take part 
in exploiting the success north of the Marne. Fresh 
from the battle front before Chalons, you were 
thrown against the picked troops of Germany. For 
eight consecutive days, you attacked skilfully pre- 
pared positions. You captured great stores of arms 
and ammunitions. You forced the crossing of the 
Ourcq. You took Hill 212, Sergy, Meurcy Ferme 
and Seringes by assault. You drove the enemy, 
including an Imperial Guard Division, before you 
for a depth of fifteen kilometers. When your in- 
fantry was relieved it was in full pursuit of the 
retreating Germans, and your artillery continued 
to progress and support another American division 
in the advance of the Vesle. 

For your services in Lorraine, your division was 
formally commended in General Orders by the 
French Army Corps under which you served. For 
your services in Champagne, your assembled of- 
ficers received the personal thanks and commenda- 
tion of General Gouraud himself. For your ser- 
vices on the Ourcq, your division was officially com- 
plimented bv the Commanding General, 1st Armv 
Corps, of July 28th, 1918. 

To your success, all ranks and all services have 




contributed, and I desire to express to every man in 
the command my appreciation of his devoted and 
courageous effort. 

However, our position places a burden of respon- 
sibility upon us which we must strive to bear stead- 
ily forward without faltering. To our comrades 
who have fallen, we owe the sacred obligation of 
maintaining the reputation which they died to 
establish. The influence of our performance on our 
Allies and our enemies cannot be overestimated, 
for we were one of the first divisions sent from our 
country to France to show the world that Ameri- 
cans can fight. 

Hard battles and long campaigns lie before us. 
Only by ceaseless vigilance and tireless prepara- 
tion can we fit ourselves for them. 
I urge you, therefore, to approach 
the future with confidence, but 
above all with firm determination 
that so far as it is in your power 
you will spare no effort, whether in 
training or in combat, to maintain 
the record of our division and the 
honor of our country. 

Charles T. Menoher, 
Major-General, U. S. Armv. 



CHARLES T. MENOHER 

Major General, U. S. A. 
Commander of 42nci Division 



Major-General Menoher's 

Second Letter to the 

42nd Division 

Headquarters, 42nd Division, 
American Expeditionary 

Forces, France, 
November 11th, 1918. 

To the Officers and Men of the 42nd 
Division : 
On the 13th of August I ad- 
dressed to you a letter summariz- 
ing the record of your achieve- 
ments in Lorraine, before Chalons 
and on the Ourcq. On the occasion of my leaving 
the Division I wish to recall to you your services 
since that time and express to you my appreciation 
of the unfailing spirit of courage and cherfulness 
with which you have met and overcome the difficult 
tasks which have confronted you. 

After leaving the region of Chateau Thierry you 
had scarcely been assembled in your new area 
vv^hen you were ordered to advance by hard night 
marches to participate in the attack of the Saint 
Mihiel .Salient. In this first great operation of the 
American Army you were instructed to attack in 
the center of the Fourth Army Corps and to deliver 
the main blow in the direction of the heights over- 
looking the Madine River. In the battle that fol- 
lowed you took every objective in accordance with 
the plan of the Army Commander. You advanced 
fourteen kilometers in twenty-eight hours. You 
pushed forward advance elements five kilometers 
further, or nineteen kilometers beyond your orig- 
inal starting point. You took more than one thou- 
sand prisoners from nine enemy divisions. You 
captured seven villages and forty-two square kilo- 
meters of territory. You seized large supplies of 
food, clothing, ammunition, guns and engineering 
material. 



1 12 



Worn though you were by ceaseless campaigning 
since February, you then moved to the Verdun re- 
gion to participate in the great blow which your 
country's armies have struck west of the Meuse. 
You took Hill 288. La Tuilerie Farm, and the Cote 
de Chatillon and broke squarely across the powerful 
Krimhilde Stellung, clearing the way for the ad- 
vance beyond St. Georges and Landres-et-St. 
Geoi-ges. Marching and fighting day and night 
you thrust through the advancing lines of the for- 
ward troops of the First Army. You drove the 
enemy across the Meuse. You captured the heights 
dominating the river before Sedan and reached in 
the enemy lines the farthest point attained by any 
American troops. 

Since September 12th you have taken over twelve 
hundred prisoners; you have freed twenty-five 

French villages; you have recov- 

ered over one hundred and fifty 
square kilometers of French terri- 
tory and you have captured great 
supplies of enemy munitions and 
material. 

Whatever may come in the fu- 
ture, the men of this Division will 
have the proud consciousness that 
they have thus far fought wher- 
ever the American flag has flown 
most gloriously in this war. In the 
determining battle befoi'e Chalons, 
in the bloody drive from Chateau 
Thierry to the Vesle, in the blot- 
ting out of the Saint Mihiel Sa- 
lient, and in the advance of Sedan 
you have played a splendid and a 
leading part. 

I know that you will give the 
same unfailing support to who- 
ever may succeed me as your Com- 
mander, and that you will continue 
to bear forward without faltering 
the colors of the Rainbow Division. 
I leave you with deep and aflfection- 
ate regret, and I thank you again 
for your loyalty to me and your 
services to your country. You have struck 
blow in the greatest war in history. 
proved to the world in no mean 
country can defend its own. 

Charles T. Menoher. 
Major-General, U. S. Army. 

Major-General Flagler's Letter on 
Divisional Review 

18 March, 1919. 
Memorandum No. 66. 

The Division Commander desires to express his 
.satisfaction with the excellent showing made by 
the Division at the review on March 16th. Its 
performance, though not up to the highest stand- 
ard in some minor particulars, was favorably com- 
mented upon by the Commander-in-Chief, and also 
elicited compliments from many of the visiting offi- 
cers of the Army and the Corps. 

Your fighting record is a matter of history. 
Nothing can change it, and it will remain forever 
a magnificent tribute to the I'ank and file of the 
Rainbow Division. In these closing days of the 
Division's military service, let every eflFort be made 



to preserve and increase all the soldierly finish that 
has been ac<iuired in our period of duty in the 
Army of Occupation on the Rhine. 

By command of Major General Plagler : 
Wm. N. Hughes. .Jr., 
Colonel, G.S., U.S.A., 
Official : 

James E. Thomas, 

Major, Adjutant General, 
Division .Adjutant. 



Chief of Start'. 
U.S.A., 




CLEMENT A. FLAGLER 

Major General, U. S. A. 
Commander of 42nd Division 
,^rmy of 



a vital 
You have 
measure that our 



General (iatley on the Relief of the 42nd 
Division from the Army of Occupation 

Headcjuarters, 42nd Division, 

April 1, 1919. 
The relief of the 42nd Division from the Third 
United States Army and its assign- 
ment to the S. 0. S. for transporta- 
tion to America marks the clo.se of 
the third epoch in its career as a 
first line division of the Allied 
Armies. 

Beginning in the latter part of 
February, 1918, the division was 
engaged in sector warfare in Lor- 
raine for four months. During 
this time it occupied a front once 
strongly organized, but which had 
been allowed to fall into decay. 
Here the division maintained com- 
munications, dug and repaired 
trenches, made and repelled raids, 
became accustomed to shell fire, 
underwent two projector gas at- 
tacks of considerable .severity and 
found itself as a cohesive, .self- 
leliant, inter-supporting fighting 
unit. 

Trained and rendered ruggedly 
confident by this experience, the 
division embarked upon its second 
epoch. It began its career as a 
Shock Division in the great defen- 
sive battle against the Germans in 
July 15, 1918. In this, its fir.st 
major action, the division took a splendid part in 
the bloody repulse inflicted by General Gouraud's 
Fourth Army upon the great German Oft'ensive 
and earned the official and personal commendation 
of the French Command. When the German ad- 
vance had been definitely and forever checked in 
this battle the division was moved overland to the 
line above Chateau-Thierry, where, relieving five 
battered American and French Divisions, it ad- 
vanced by desperate open fighting against choice 
German troops a distance of nineteen and one-half 
Icilometers. 

Relieved and sent to the rear for rest and re- 
placements, the fighting at the front was so severe 
that the division could not be spared and was in a 
few days returned to the line to take part in the 
Saint Mihiel operation. After the salient cea.sed 
to exist, the division, pausing long enough to or- 
ganize the front on its new line, moved to the Ar- 
gonne. Attacking first on the front opposite St. 
Georges and Landres-et-St. Georges and there ad- 
vancing until the First Army made its pause for 
breath, the division again attacked and cirove for- 
ward through countless obstacles of defense and 



Occupation 

Champagne on 



terrain until it was relieved at the Armistice in 
the outskirts of Sedan, having gained somewhat 
more than nineteen kilometers. 

From the area southeast of Sedan, where the 
division lay on November 11th, it entered its third 
epoch. Marching overland through devastated 
country and over roads rendered impassable by 
shell fire, mines, rain and prodigious traffic it pro- 
ceeded to Montmedy, whence it crossed Belgium, 
Luxembourg and that part of Germany lying west 
of the Rhine until on December 15th it reached its 
present location after a march of three hundred 
and sixty kilometers. The 42nd Division has 
formed a' part of the Army of Occupation from the 
middle of November until date and during its ad- 
ministration of Kreis Ahrweiler the district has 
been law-abiding, prosperous and friendly. 



The 42nd Division proudly asserts that it has 
spent more days in the face of the enemy, gained 
more ground against the enemy and marched fur- 
ther in its operations than any other division in 
the American Expeditionary Forces. It has been 
opposed by the best divisions in the German Army 
and has made its record at their expense. Its 
fighting power has been officially mentioned by 
the American, French and German Commands, and 
its order and discipline have elicited the admira- 
tion of the Germans in its area of occupation. 

By command of Brigadier General Gatley : 

William N. Hughes, Jr., 

Colonel. General Staff, 

Chief of Staff. 



Summary of Intelligence, October, 1918 



Headquarters, 42nd Division. 

On October 18th, 1917, one year ago today, the 
Headquarters and certain of the elements of the 
42nd Division sailed for France. After a period of 
training in the areas of the zone of the armies, the 
division went into the lines in the Luneville Sector 
here, under command of the 8th French Army. It 
completed its training and on April l.st, 1918, took 
over the first divisional sector entrusted to an 
American division. 

Having for three months held an active station- 
ary sector of fifteen kilometers, the division was 
sent to Champagne, where it took part with Gou- 
raud's Army in the defense of July 15th, which 
turned the tide of the great German Offensive. 
From Champagne the division moved to the region 
north of Chateau Thierry, where it led the attack 
over the Ourcq, capturing Villers-sur-Fere, Serg\', 
Seringes and Nesles, and advanced a total distance 
of sixteen kilometers. With a brief pause to receive 
replacements, the division proceeded to the Toul 



front and took part with the First American Army 
in the reduction of the Saint Mihiel Salient. Here 
the division, after having made an advance of 
nearly twenty kilometers, at the conclusion of the 
drive, organized its sector front so that it could be 
safely turned over to a smaller number of troops, 
and again moved to an active area. 

The division is now engaged in the most difficult 
task to which it has yet been set; the piercing at 
its apex of the "Kriemhilde Stellung," upon the de- 
fense of which position the German line from Metz 
to Champagne depends. 

During its service in France, Division Headquar- 
ters has had its Post of Command at twenty-three 
different points in towns, woods and dugouts. The 
division has captured prisoners from twenty-three 
enemy divisions, including three Guard and one 
Austro-Hungarian Divisions. 

Charles T. Menoher. 
Major-General, U. S. Army. 



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SECTION IX 



I Premier Clemenceau's Farewell Address to the 42nd Division 
II President Wilson's Address to the A. E. F. 



115 




Vruleru 1 \ l'n,k-inii..d 

PREMIER CLEMENCEAU 
Secretary of War, France 

PREMIER CLEMENCEAU'S FAREWELL TO THE 42ND DIVISION 

Headquarters 42nd Division 
U. S. S. Leviathan, at Sea, 
April 20. 1919. 
General Orders No. 27. 

I. The following letter is published for the information of all officers and men of the 42nd Division : 



"FRENCH REPUBLIC." 

Paris, April 9, 1919. 

The Premier, Secretary of War, 

To the Commanding General, 42nd Division. 

Dear General: 

At the moment when the 42nd Division is about 
to leave the soil of France. I wish to express to you 
in the name of the Government of the (French) 
Republic our admiration for its wonderful achieve- 
ments. Its memory will always remain alive 
among us. 

The 42nd Division has been in France since the 
month of November, 1917. It began its schooling 
in war in the Vosges, first, regiment by regiment, 
and then as a whole unit. At the beginning of 
1918 it was ready to face the great battle which 
was to put an end to the war. 

It was in Champagne that it stood the shock of 
the foe side by side with the French troops. It 
was with these same troops that it took part in 
the great counter-attack that marked, at the end 
of July, the final retreating movement of the Ger- 
man Army. Your soldiers will assuredly not for- 
get the hard attacks in the La Fere Forest and 
the struggle amid the ruins of the village of Sergy, 
which changed hands four times. 

Official: 

JAMES E. THOMAS, 
Lt. Col, A.G.D., U.S.A.. 
ss. Dir. Adjntaxt, 
General distyibution. 



Your splendid unit took part in all the battles 
in which the American Army has rendered itself 
illustrious. The 42nd Division participated in the 
oflFensive of St. Mihiel, where it captured, by itself, 
more than a thousand prisoners. In October it 
was in the Argonne. In the first days of Novem- 
ber, full of spirit, it pursued the enemy from the 
Argonne to the Meuse. 

The name of Buzancy will remain its last trophy. 
At the end of the war it had reached the Meuse at 
Remilly. 

All these names, I feel sure, will forever remain 
in the memory of your soldiers and in the annals 
of their families. 

For us, as you are about to leave France, our 
thoughts go with respect and emotion to all the 
soldiers of the 42nd Division, who have given their 
lives for the love of their Country and of Liberty. 
Just as, in the joy of Victory and with pride of 
their achievements, your troops are embarking for 
the beloved shores of their fatherland, we unite 
with you in a feeling of gratitude for the living 
and for the dead. 

I beg you, dear General, to interpret my senti- 
ments to all those who are under your command 
and to believe me yours very cordially, 

(Signed) "Clemenceau." 
By command of Major General Read : 

William N. Hughes, Jr., 
Colonel, General Staff, U.S.A., 

Chief of Staff. 



116 



PRESIDENT WILSON'S ADDRESS TO THE A. E F. 



Near Humes, France, December 25, 1918 



France, Dec. 28, 1918. 
General Orders: 
No. 240. 

Upon the occasion of the review by the President 
of the United States of the United States troops 
representing the American Expeditionary Forces 
in Europe, near Ilumes, France, December 25, 
1918, the Commander-in-Chief, A. E. F., presented 
the troops to the President as follows : 
"Mr. President and fellow soldiers : 

"We are gathered here to-day to 
do honor to the Commander-in- 
Chief of our armies and navies. 
For the first time an American 
President will review an American 
army on foreign soil, the soil of a 
sister republic, beside whose gal- 
lant troops we have fought to re- 
store peace to the world. Speaking 
for you and your comrades, I am 
proud to declare to the President 
that no army has ever more loyally 
or more efi'ectively served its coun- 
try, and none has ever fought in a 
nobler cause. You, Mr. President, 
by your confidence and by your 
support, have made the success of 
our armies possible, and to you as 
our Commander-in-Chief may I 
now present the nation's victorious 
army?" 

President Wilson made the fol- 
lowing reply : 

"General Pershing and fellow coun- 
trymen : 

"I wish that I could give to each 
one of you the message that I know you are longing 
to receive from those at home who love you. I can- 
not do that, but I can tell you how everybody a: 
home is proud of you, how everybody at home has 
followed every move of this great army with confi- 
dence and aff'ection, and how the whole people of 
the United States are now waiting to welcome you 
home with an acclaim which probably never has 
greeted any other army. Because this is a war into 
which our country, like these countries we have 
been so proud to stand by, has put its whole heart, 
and the reason that we are proud of you is that you 
have put your heart into it, you have done your 
duty, and something more — you have done your 
duty and done it with a spirit which gave it dis- 
tinction and glory. 

"And now we are to have the fruits of victory. 
You knew when you came over what you came over 
for, and you have done what it was appointed you 
to do. I know what you expect of me. Some time 
ago a gentleman from one of the countries with 
which we are associated was discussing with me 
the moral aspects of this war, and I said that if we 
did not insist upon the high purposes for which 
this war was entered by the United States I could 




WOODROW 

President of the 



never look those gallant fellows across the seas in 
the face again. You know what we expected of 
you and you did it. I know what you and the 
people at home expect of me ; and 1 am happy to 
say, my fellow countrymen, that I do not find in 
the hearts of the great leaders with whom it is my 
privilege now to co-operate any dift'erences of prin- 
ciple or of fundamental purpose. It happened that 
it was the privilege of America to present the 
chart of peace, and now the process 
of settlement has been rendered 
comparatively simple by the fact 
that all the nations concerned have 
accepted that chart, and that the 
application of those principles laid 
down there will be their applica- 
tions. The world will now know 
that the nations that fought this 
war, as well as the soldiers who 
represented them, are ready to 
make good — make good not merely 
in the assertion of their own in- 
terests, but make good in the estab- 
lishment of peace upon the perma- 
nent foundations of right and of 
justice. Because this is not a war 
in which the soldiers of the free 
nations have obeyed masters. You 
have commanders, but you have no 
masters. Your very commanders 
represent you in representing the 
nation of which you constitute so 
distinguished a part, and this being 
a people's war, everybody con- 
cerned in the settlement knows that 
it must be a people's peace, that 
nothing must be done in the settlement of the issue 
of the war which is not as handsome as the great 
achievements of the armies of the United States 
and the Allies. 

"It is difficult, very difficult, men, in a formal 
speech like this to show you my real heart. You 
men probably do not realize with what anxious 
attention and care we have followed every step 
you have advanced, and how proud we are that 
every step was in advance and not in retreat; that 
every time you set your faces in any direction you 
kept your faces in that direction. A thrill has 
gone through my heart, as it has gone through the 
heart of every American, with almost every gun 
that was fired and every stroke that was struck in 
the gallant fighting that you have done; and there 
has been only one regret in America, and that was 
the regret that every man there felt that he was 
not here in France, too. It has been a hard thing 
to perform tasks in the United States. It has been 
a hard thing to take part in directing what you 
did without coming over and helping you do it. 
It has taken a lot of moral courage to stay at 
home, but we were proud to back you up in every 
way that was possible to back you up, and now I 



WILSON 

United States 



I 17 



am happy to find what splendid names you have 
made for yourselves among the civilian population 
of France, as well as among your comrades in arms 
of the French army. It is a fine testimony to you 
men that these people like you and trust you, and 
the finest part of it all is that you deserve their 
trust. 

"I feel a comradeship with you to-day which is 
delightful as I look about upon these undisturbed 
fields and think of the terrible scenes through 
which you have gone, and realize now that the 
quiet of peace, the tranquillity of settled hope, has 
descended upon us all ; and, while it is hard so far 



away from home confidently to bid you a merry 
Christmas, I can, I think, confidently promise you a 
happy New Year, and I can f I'om the bottom of my 
heart say, God bless you." 

This order will be read to all organizations at 
the first assembly after its receipt. 

Bv command of General Pershing: 



James W. McAndrews, 

Chief of Staff. 



Official : 

Robert C. Davis, 
Adiutant General. 




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INDEX 

Poem : The War's Recompense :' 

Foreword : By Colonel Benson VV. Hough 4 

SECTION I 

I. Character Sketch of Colonel Benson W. Hough 7-8 

II. History of P'irst Battalion [[] 9 

First Epoch : Organization and Training in the United States 9 

Second Epoch: Training Period in France 9 

Third Epoch : Trench Warfare in Lorraine lo-i 1 

Fourth Epoch : Champagne-Marne Defensive 12-1:1 

Fifth Epoch: Aisne-Marne Offensive 14-15 

Sixth Epoch : Saint Mihiel Offensive 15-16 

Seventh Epoch : Meuse-Argonne Offensive 17-19 

Eighth Epoch : March to the Rhine and Army of Occupation . 20-21 

Ninth Epoch : Homeward Bound ' 22 

Tenth Epoch: Parade and Mustered Out [' ' 2:'. 

III. Honor Roll: 

Company "A" 24 

Company "B" 24-25 

Company "C" 25 

Company "D" 25 

IV. Station List of First Battalion since arrival in A. E. F 26 

SECTION II 

BATTALION HEADQUARTERS 

I. Character Sketches : 

Major James Albert Samson 28 

Major John Christian Volka ' . ^ 29 

Captain Robert Swinton Postle 30 

First Lieutenant John Early 31 

First Lieutenant Alison Reppy 32 

First Lieutenant Robert McBride Blaine 33 

Father GeorgesCarpentier, First Lieutenant ] 34 

Marcus Everett Lindsay, Y. M. C. A. Secretary ' . 35 

II. Battalion Detachments : 

History of Battalion Headquarters 3g 

History of Medical Detachment .37-.38 

Record of Wagon Train . 38 

SECTION III 

"a" COMPANY 

I. Preliminary History 39 

II. Character Sketches : 

Captain Edwin Alexander Coyle 41 

Fir.st Lieutenant Aubrey Bennett DeLacy 42 

First Lieutenant Michael Frederick Rockel 43 

Fir.st Lieutenant Charles Baskerville, Jr 44 

Second Lieutenant Lee B. Kortz 45 

Second Lieutenant Frank Henry Kassen 46 

Second Lieutenant Ernest H. Broschart 47 

III. Company Roll : 

Present 48-49 

Transferred 49-50 

Wounded ,50 

SECTION IV 

"b" company 
I. Preliminary History 5I 

II. Character Sketches : 

Captain Wayland Jones 53 

First Lieutenant Earl W. Fuhr 54 

! 19 



First Lieutenant John Henry Leslie 55 

First Lieutenant Earl P. Mosely 56 

Second Lieutenant Paul Vane Jackson 57 

III. Company Roll: 

Present 58-59 

Wounded 59-60 

Transferred 60 

SECTION V 

"C" COMPANY 

I. Preliminary History 61 

II. Character Sketches : .. 

Captain Leon Walter Miesse 63 

First Lieutenant Sinclair J. Wilson 64 

First Lieutenant Milton Martin Latta 65 

First Lieutenant James A. Moseley 66 

Second Lieutenant Albert B. Rankin 67 

Second Lieutenant Joseph Miller Enfield 68 

Second Lieutenant Hobart Smith 69 

Second Lieutenant Ralph Miesse 70 

III. Company Roll : 

Present 71-72 

Wounded 72-73 

Transferred 73-74 

SECTION VI 

"d" company 

I. Preliminary Hi.story 75 

II. Character Sketches : 

Captain Russell Baker 77 

First Lieutenant George Elmer Crotinger 78 

First Lieutenant Christian Orrin Markson 79 

First Lieutenant Colvin H. Todd 80 ' 

First Lieutenant Lee Maxwell Allen 81 

First Lieutenant Thomas Freeman 82 

Second Lieutenant William Thomas Moran .^ 83 

III. Company Roll : 

Present 84-85 

Wounded 85-86 

Transferred 86-87 

SECTION VII 

OFFICERS 

I. Battalion Roll: 

Present 90 

Wounded 91 

Transferred 91-92 

SECTION VIII 

LETTERS AND CITATIONS 

( Individual, Regimental and Divisional) 

I. Awarded American Distinguished Service Cross 94-95 

II. Awarded French Croix de Guerre 96 

III. Regimental Citation 96-103 

IV. Battle Participations 104 

V. Letters and Citations by French Commanders 105-107 

VI. Letters and Citations by American Commanders 108-114 

SECTION IX 

I. Premier Clemenceau's Farewell to the 42nd Division 116 

II. President Wilson's Address to the A. E. F 117-118 

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